Preoperative Assessment
A Case-Based Approach
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2021
- Category
- Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Family & General Practice
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9783030588410
- Publish Date
- Feb 2021
- List Price
- $145.95
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Description
This book uses a case-based approach to provide current information on a range of medical issues with the goal of enhancing preoperative evaluation and optimization. It meets the market need for a resource that concisely encapsulates current knowledge on the medical management of specific topics in a setting relevant to the preoperative clinic. In so doing the book aims to improve patient care and safety, enhance resource use, facilitate appropriate and timely management of preexisting conditions and diminish patient concerns.
Organized into sections according to body system, each section consists of chapters delineating a specific disorder. Each chapter starts with a clinical vignette followed by a question-and-answer style investigation of the relevant issues. These questions attempt to address commonly encountered clinical dilemmas where opinion often differs between, and occasionally within, medical sub-specialties. Expertly written chapters are also supplemented bya number of chapters which address special considerations such as the frail patient and chronic opioid use.
Preoperative Assessment: A Case-Based Approach is an invaluable reference for all physicians involved in preoperative assessment including anesthesiologists, surgeons, internists, family doctors and residents in these fields. Nurse practitioners and other allied heath professionals involved in preoperative evaluation may also find this a book a valuable and timely resource.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Derek Dillane, MB BCh BAO MMedSci FCARCSI
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
Barry A. Finegan, MB BCh BAO FRCPC
Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada