Medical management of the surgical patient /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Merli, Geno J., Weitz, Howard H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, [2008]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The role and responsibility of the medical consultant
  • Preoperative assessment for the healthy patient
  • Antimicrobial prophylaxis : prevention of postoperative infections
  • Selected medical challenges of anesthesia
  • Prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the surgical patienti
  • Perioperative evaluation of patients with hematologic disorders
  • Noncardiac surgery in the patient with cardiovascular disease : preoperative evaluation and perioperative care
  • Perioperative assessment and management of patients with pulmonary diseases
  • Gastrointestinal complications in the postoperative period
  • Management of the surgical patient with liver disease
  • Bariatric surgery : preoperative evaluation and postoperative care
  • Perioperative management of endocrine disorders
  • Perioperative management of the ophthalmologic patient
  • Nonobstetric surgery in the pregnant patient
  • The patient with substance abuse going to surgery
  • Perioperative assessment and management of the surgical patient with neurologic problems
  • Perioperative care of the elderly patient
  • Surgery in the patient with kidney disease
  • Perioperative management of the patient with arthritis or systemic autoimmune disease
  • Perioperative care of the patient with psychiatric illness
  • Managing medication in the perioperative period.