Barbara Aehlert ; illustrations (except ECGs and those otherwise noted) by Kimberly Battista.
(2nd edition)
--St. Louis, MO ; Toronto, ON:
Mosby
, 2002.
edited by Michael F. Lubin, editor-in-chief ; Robert B. Smith III ... [et al.], associate editors.
(4th ed.)
--Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press
, 2006.
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor biographies -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Medical management -- 1 Anesthesia management of the surgical patient -- Preoperative evaluation: preparation for surgery -- Preparation of the patient on the day of surgery -- Perioperative management -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 Nutrition -- Assessment of nutritional status -- Indications for perioperative nutritional support -- Methods of nutritional support -- References -- 3 Preoperative testing -- Overview and historical perspective -- Hemoglobin -- White blood cell count -- Platelet count -- Complete blood counts -- Coagulation tests -- Chemistry testing -- Urinalysis -- Electrocardiography -- Chest radiography -- Pulmonary function tests -- Review of previous tests -- Summary -- References -- 4 Chronic medications around the time of surgery -- Introduction -- General considerations -- Medication categories -- References -- 5 Ethical considerations in the surgical patient -- Patient autonomy -- Case analysis -- The importance of providing a realistic prognosis -- Consent to and refusal of treatment -- Right to refuse treatment -- End-of-life care -- Do not resuscitate decisions -- Meaning of DNR -- Managing patients with DNR directives under emergency conditions -- Managing patients with DNR directives for elective interventions -- Advance directives -- Therapeutic trials, including surgery and other interventions -- Methods for assessment of the patient's condition and prognosis -- Patient preferences -- Withholding and withdrawing treatment -- Futility -- Comfort care/palliative care and hospice -- Delivering bad news -- Disclosure of medical errors -- Definition of death -- Summary -- References -- Cardiology -- 6 Cardiovascular disease -- 7 Postoperative chest pain and shortness of breath -- Hypertension -- 8 Perioperative management of hypertension -- Pulmonary -- 9 Perioperative pulmonary risk evaluation and management for non-cardiothoracic surgery -- 10 Acute lung injury (ALI) and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -- 11 Postoperative pulmonary complications -- Gastroenterology -- 12 Peptic ulcer disease -- 13 Liver disease -- 14 Inflammatory bowel disease -- 15 Postoperative gastrointestinal complications -- Hematology -- 16 Disorders of red cells -- 17 Assessment of bleeding risk in the patient with no history of hemostatic problems -- 18 Surgical issues affecting patients with hematologic malignancies -- 19 Prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in surgery -- 20 Blood transfusion/preoperative considerations and complications -- Infectious disease -- 21 Prevention of surgical site infections -- 22 Medical care of the HIV-infected surgical patient -- 23 Fever and infection in the postoperative setting -- Renal disease -- 24 Surgery in the patient with renal disease -- 25 Postoperative electrolyt