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Perioperative care, anaesthesia, pain management and intensive care / Michael Avidan ... [et al.] ; illustrated by Graeme Chambers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: An illustrated colour text | An illustrated colour textPublication details: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2003.Description: ix, 140 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9780443064104 (pbk.) :
  • 0443064105(pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 617.919 AVI
LOC classification:
  • RD51
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 617.919 AVI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 200256
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 617.919 AVI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 200257

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.

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.

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