Core topics in pre-operative anaesthetic assessment and management /

Part of the popular Core Topics series, this book provides a practical guide to pre-operative assessment for consultants and trainee anaesthetists. Chapters cover comprehensive evidence-based guidance for assessing and managing patients with particular conditions, as well as perioperative risk strat...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Crerar-Gilbert, Agnieszka, (Editor), MacGregor, Mark, (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Series:Cambridge medicine (Series)
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Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Ischaemic heart disease
  • Hypertension
  • Cardiac arrhythmias
  • Heart failure
  • Cardiac investigations : echocardiography
  • Cardiac investigations : myocardial perfusion imaging
  • Cardiac investigations : cardiac magnetic resonance
  • Cardiac investigations : computed tomography angiography
  • Cardiac investigations : comparison of cardiac functional tests and imaging
  • Respiratory disease
  • Difficult airway prediction
  • Renal disease
  • Neurological disease
  • Hepatobiliary disease
  • Neuromuscular disease
  • Connective tissue disease
  • Immunocompromised patients
  • Frailty
  • Haematology
  • Biochemistry
  • Endocrine disease
  • Bariatric patients
  • Chronic pain and addiction
  • Obstetric patients
  • Herbal medications
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Legal considerations
  • Predicting operative risk
  • Challenges of setting up preoperative service.