Perioperative Medicine

<p>Based on <b>the most current evidence and best practices</b>, <i>Perioperative Medicine: Managing for Outcome, 2nd Edition,</i> is an easy-to-follow, authoritative guide to achieving optimal outcomes in perioperative care. Written and edited by recognized authorities in anesthesiology and surgical critical care, this fully updated edition <b>helps you think critically about complex, long-term issues surrounding the care of the surgical patient</b>, providing decision trees that define strategies to enhance the medical outcome of care.</p><ul> <li>Focuses on what anesthesiologists, surgeons, and intensivists need to know in order to <b>improve outcomes through evidence- and outcome-based approaches</b>.</li> <p> <li>Provides <b>practical guidance</b> on potential risks to all major organ systems, the etiology of particular organ dysfunctions, preoperative and intraoperative risk factors, and perioperative protection strategies to minimize potential complications.</li> <p> <li>Features a <b>consistent chapter format</b> - with even more color-coded algorithms, summary tables, and boxes – that enables you to quickly explore and determine the best management approaches.</li> <p> <li>Includes <b>six all-new chapters</b>: Perioperative Fluid Management; Delirium and POCD; Role of Palliative Care/ICU; Value-Based Care: The UK Model; CFO Perspective on Value; Hospital to Home (Perioperative Transitions of Care)</li> <p> <li>Discusses <b>timely topics</b> such as quality improvement, pay-for-performance, preexisting disease and comorbid conditions in anesthesiology, and the team-based model of care.</li> <p> <li>Features <b>two new editors</b>, surgeon Clifford Ko, MD, and Perioperative Summit leader, Michael (Monty) Mythen, MD.</li> <b> <li>Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. </b>Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.</li></ul>