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Preoperative Assessment

A Case-Based Approach

  • Aims to improve patient care and safety, enhance the efficiency of hospital resources, and diminish patient concerns by comprehensively addressing any harbored fears
  • Authored by two anesthesiologists who work in a university hospital with extensive experience in a large anesthesia-led preoperative evaluation clinic
  • Each section consists of chapters delineating a specific disorder, including special chapters dealing with topics such as pregnancy, surgery in the chronic opioid user and the frail patient

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Table of contents (49 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Preoperative Assessment and Optimization

    • Derek Dillane, Barry A. Finegan
    Pages 1-2
  3. Cardiac

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
    2. Hypertension

      • Derek Dillane
      Pages 23-27
    3. Cardiac Failure

      • Derek Dillane
      Pages 29-35
    4. Atrial Arrhythmias

      • Derek Dillane
      Pages 37-44
    5. Aortic Stenosis

      • Derek Dillane
      Pages 45-49
    6. Pulmonary Hypertension

      • Barry A. Finegan
      Pages 51-55
    7. Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

      • Derek Dillane
      Pages 57-62
  4. Vascular

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
    2. Carotid Endarterectomy

      • Susan Halliday
      Pages 65-70
    3. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

      • Barry A. Finegan
      Pages 71-74
    4. Marfan Syndrome

      • Derek Dillane
      Pages 75-80
  5. Pulmonary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
    2. Obstructive Sleep Apnea

      • Derek Dillane
      Pages 83-89
    3. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

      • Barry A. Finegan
      Pages 91-95
    4. Asthma

      • Barry A. Finegan
      Pages 97-100
    5. Restrictive Lung Disease

      • Derek Dillane
      Pages 101-106

About this book

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.  



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Derek Dillane, Barry A. Finegan

About the editors

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




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Preoperative Assessment

  • Book Subtitle: A Case-Based Approach

  • Editors: Derek Dillane, Barry A. Finegan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58842-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58841-0Published: 24 February 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58844-1Published: 24 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-58842-7Published: 23 February 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 326

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Primary Care Medicine

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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