Preoperative assessment and perioperative management [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mark Radford, Alastair Williamson, Clare Evans

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456817903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Keswick [U.K.], : M&K Pub., 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-16448-5; 9786613164483; 1-907830-02-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (427 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RadfordMark; WilliamsonAlastair; EvansClare
• Disciplina: 617.919; 617.9192
• Soggetti: Preoperative care; Operating room nursing; Postoperative care; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Prelims; Contents; Preface; About the editors; Contributors; Chapter 1 The evolving role of the preoperative assessment team; Chapter 2 Preoperative estimation of survival and mortality risk; Chapter 3 History taking; Chapter 4 Clinical examination; Chapter 5 Pre-operative assessment of cardiovascular system and management of concurrent disease; Chapter 6 Respiratory assessment and disease; Chapter 7 Assessment of the airway; Chapter 8 Preoperative testing and perioperative management of endocrine and renal disease; Chapter 9 Preoperative assessment and management of neurological diseaseChapter 10 The role of haematology in preoperative assessment; Chapter 11 The role of blood transfusion in preoperative assessment; Chapter 12 Preoperative pharmacological optimisation; Chapter 13 Considerations in the preoperative assessment of paediatric patients; Chapter 14 Preoperative assessment and day case surgery; ; Chapter 15 Preparation for discharge; Chapter 16 Consent and the perioperative patient; Chapter 17 Changing the preoperative process - a review of the evidence; Chapter 18 The challenge of implementing 'new' preoperative systemsChapter 19 Audit and evaluation of a perioperative service; Chapter 20 Developing a competency framework for preoperative assessment; Chapter 21 Developing protocol and guidance to support assessment services; Appendix; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Pre operative assessment of the surgical patient is a key part of the perioperative process. However, it is one that cannot be separated from the other aspects of perioperative management, both clinical and administrative, that ensures the safe and effective treatment of surgical patients. There are a number of books on the market that examine perioperative management anaesthesia and surgical nursing that are only able to touch on the pre-operative assessment process. Pre Operative Assessment & Perioperative Management sets out to be different, by bridging the gap between these texts and the e