Anaesthesia for day case surgery / Jan Jakobsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jakobsson, Jan.

Series:

Oxford anaesthesia library.

OAL, Oxford anaesthesia library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anesthesia--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Anesthesia.

Ambulatory surgery--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Ambulatory surgery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The use of ambulatory or 'day case' surgery has grown tremendously in Western countries in recent years at the expense of more traditional in-hospital surgical care. In the US, up to 70-80% of all surgical procedures are currently performed on an ambulatory basis. The adaptation of day case surgery still varies considerably between countries and even within countries in Europe.The transition from traditional in-hospital care to day case surgery or ambulatory procedure calls for vigilant planning of steps in preoperative care and a team effort to optimise all parts of patient care as well as ca

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Day surgery, ambulatory anaesthesia, and office-based procedures; 2 Anaesthesia equipment and monitoring in day surgical anaesthesia; 3 Patient selection and preparation for day surgical procedures; 4 Analgesics in day case surgery; 5 Anaesthetics in day case surgery; 6 Muscle relaxation in day case surgery; 7 Airway and ventilation in day case anaesthesia; 8 Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV): still the "little big problem"?; 9 The recovery process and follow-up after day case anaesthesia; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T

UV; W; X

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-58071-3

9786613893161

0-19-157600-X

OCLC:

801363527