MGH Postoperative Care Handbook
Author:
Berg
Edition:
1st, SAE
ISBN:
9789387506268
Language:
English
Published:
2018
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer
Practical, portable and accessible, this new addition to the LWW Handbook Series covers all facets of care given to patients postoperatively, both early on in the PACU and later on the floor.
MGH Postoperative Care Handbook
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Practical, portable and accessible, this new addition to the LWW Handbook Series covers all facets of care given to patients postoperatively, both early on in the PACU and later on the floor. A multidisciplinary team of residents, fellows and faculty at the highly esteemed Massachusetts General Hospital employ an easy-to-use outline format to cover topics such as patient care, postoperative complications, special considerations, CPR in the PACU, ethico-legal issues and PACU administration. Covers the wide variety of patients encountered in the PACU (such as patients just out of thoracic surgery vs. those coming from genitourinary surgery).Presents the combined experience and knowledge of anesthesiologists, surgeons and paranaesthesia nurses, mirroring the team structure of care given postoperatively n Discusses the considerations necessary for special patient populations such as obese patients or substance abuse patients.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: PATIENT CARE
- Head and Neck Surgical Patient
Rebecca L. Grammer and Maria J. Troulis
- Ophthalmologic Surgical Patient
Elizabeth Turner, Nailyn Rasoul, Katherine Boudreault, and Dean Cestari
- Postoperative Care of the Thoracic Surgery Patient
Uma M. Sachdeva and Christopher R. Morse
- Vascular Patient
Elizabeth Turner
- Recovery of Patients Undergoing Radiologic
Procedures with Anesthetic Management
John J. A. Marota
- Postoperative Care of the Orthopedic Patient
Benjamin Hollingsworth and Joseph Schwab
- Postoperative Care of the Neurosurgical Patient
Joanne E. Baker and Ala Nozari
- Postoperative Care of the Endocrine Surgery Patient
Yufei Chen and Roy Phitayakorn
- Gastrointestinal, Abdominal, and Anorectal Patient
Elizabeth Turner
- Management of the Genitourinary Surgical Patient
Rebecca I. Kalman, Elisabeth M. Baker, and Heather Renzi
- Patient Care: Trauma Patient Matthew Tichauer, Craig S. Jabaley, and D. Dante Yeh
- Postoperative Care for the Burn Patient
Andrew Vardanian and Jeremy Goverman
- Postoperative Care for the Plastic Surgical Patient
Andrew Vardanian and William (Jay) Gerald Austen
SECTION II: POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
- Postoperative Pain Management
Mark Hoeft
- Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Ryan J. Horvath and William Benedetto
- Postoperative Airway Complications
Tara Kelly and Mazen Maktabi
- Postoperative Respiratory Complications
Tao Shen and Richard M. Pino
- Perioperative Cardiac Complications
Milad Sharifpour and Kenneth Shelton
- Postoperative Central Nervous System Dysfunction
Meredith Miller and Ala Nozari
- Acute Perioperative Urinary and Renal Dysfunction
Michael Hermann and Sheri Berg
- Postoperative Hemorrhage
Matthew Tichauer, Martha DiMilla, and D. Dante Yeh
- Temperature Abnormalities
Craig S. Jabaley and Kathryn L. Butler
- Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders
Kevin Blackney and Jonathan Charnin
- Acid–Base Disorders
Kevin H. Zhao and Kathryn L. Butler
- Endocrine Abnormalities: Glucose Control, Adrenal Insufficiency, and Thyroid Storm
Alana B. Birner and Kathryn L. Butler
- Gastrointestinal Complications
Christina Anne Jelly and D. Dante Yeh
- Allergy and Anaphylaxis During
the Postoperative Period
Matthew Sigakis
- Transfusion Reactions
Adeola Sadik and Jarone Lee
- Perioperative Injuries (Ocular, Oropharyngeal, Dental, Nerve, Extravasation)
Bryan Simmons and Edward A. Bittner
SECTION III: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Pediatric Postanesthesia Care Unit
Ashlee Holman and Erik Shank
- The Morbidly Obese Patient
Yasuko Nagasaka and Jean Kwo
- The Geriatric Patient
Elie P. Ramly and Haytham M. A. Kaafarani
- The Pregnant Patient
Naveen F. Sangji and Haytham M. A. Kaafarani
- Postoperative Care of Patients with a History of Substance Use
Connie Wang, Sheri Berg, and Carlos Fernandez-Robles
SECTION IV : ETHICO-LEGAL ISSUES AND PACU ADMINISTRATION
- Legal and Ethical Issues in the PACU
Caroline B. G. Hunter and Sheri Berg
- PACU Admission and Discharge Criteria
Yuriy Bronshteyn and William Schoenfeld
- Quality Assurance, Organization, Policies, and Management in the PACUs
Edward George
- Infection Control
Erin J. Levering and Jean Kwo
- Healthcare-Associated Infections
Erin J. Levering and Jean Kwo