Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls

By: Steven L. Cohn

ISBN-13: 9781260468106
ISBN-10: 1260468100
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
Published date: 2021-03-12
Minimize risk for your surgery-bound patient with this concise high-yield clinical reference Ideal for hospitalists, internists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and others involved in the perioperative period, Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls focuses on the critical process of assessing and managing patients with medical comorbidities undergoing surgical procedures. It provides preoperative validated risk assessment tools and mitigation strategies for identified comorbidities. Emphasizing risk factors and filled with clinical pearls for postoperative complications, this thorough, expertly written resource covers perioperative medication management; cardiac, pulmonary, and frailty risk indices with modification strategies; diabetes management using target-specific anticoagulants; and challenging perioperative cases. Features •Includes only the top references for each topical area streamlining the search for key literature •Tables throughout convey massive amounts of information for quick access •Provides need-to-know evidence-based clinical decision making informatio