TY  - BOOK
AU  - Avidan,Michael
AU  - Avidan,Michael
AU  - Chambers,Graeme
TI  - Perioperative care, anaesthesia, pain management and intensive care
T2  - An illustrated colour text
SN  - 9780443064104 (pbk.) :
AV  - RD51 
U1  - 617.919 AVI 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Churchill Livingstone
KW  - Perioperative care
KW  - Therapeutics, Surgical
KW  - Management
KW  - Anesthesia
KW  - Operating room nursing
KW  - Pain
KW  - Treatment
KW  - Health and Wellbeing
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Pain & pain management
KW  - thema
KW  - Accident & emergency medicine
KW  - Surgery
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-130) and index; INTRODUCTION:- The history fof modern perioperative care--Perioperative safety--Preoperative assessment--Perioperative medications--Co-EXISTING DISEASES:- Cardiac disease--Hypertension--Diabetes mellitus--Thrombophilia and bleeding tendency--Obesity--Pulmonary disease--HIV and other viruses--Alcohol and substance abuse--HOMEOSTASIS:- Oxygen and hypoxia--Acid-base abnormalities--Carbon dioxide--Electrolytes--Temperature--THE YOUNG, THE OLD AND THE PREGNANT:- The Elderly--Infants and children--Pregnancy and childbirth--SEDATION, SURGERY AND ANAESTHESIA:- Techniques of anaesthesia--Sedation--The stress response and nutritional therapy--Antibiotic prophylaxis--Fluid management--Blood products--Oximetry and capnography--Postoperative recovery--Practical procedures--COMPLICATIONS:- Intraoperative complications--Postoperative neurological complications--Postoperative cardiovascular complications--Postoperative pulmonary complications--Postoperative nausea and vomiting --Postoperative bleeding--Perioperative infection--Allergic reactions--Shock--PAIN MANAGEMENT:- Pain assessment--Pain definitions and physiology--Pharmacological intervention in pain management--Patient-controlled analgesia--Local anaesthesia--Regional anaesthesia--Chronic pain syndromes--Complimentary medicine and analgesia--ABCDs of pain management--Problems--Pain in the young and the old--Cancer pain management--Useful advice to house officers and non-anaesthetists--INTENSIVE CARE:- What is intensive care?--Organ support--Monitoring of the ICU patient--Brain death and organ donation--Psychological aspects of ICU--RESUSCITATION:- Emergency airway management--Resuscitation--Drugs and treatment--Continuity of care--CLINICAL CASE COMMENTS:- Clinical case comments--FURTHER READING:-  Further readings
N2  - A concise textbook on perioperative care, anaesthesia, pain management and intensive care in the 'Illustrated Colour Text' series. Topics covered include concerns about surgery and anaesthesia; the preoperative visit/otimization; and co-existing diseases in the perioperative period
ER  -