Medical Management of the Surgical Patient: A Textbook of Perioperative Medicine, 4th Edition

This comprehensive textbook, now fully revised, rewritten and updated in its fourth edition, provides an authoritative account of all aspects of perioperative care for surgical patients. All areas of medical disease are discussed with clear recommendations for work up and management in the perioperative period. Basic discussions of surgical procedures are included to help non-surgeons understand the procedures and their implications for patient care. This definitive account includes numerous contributions from leading experts at national centers of medical excellence. It will serve as a significant work of reference for internists, anesthesiologists and surgeons. Medical management. Cardiology. Hypertension. Pulmonary. Gastroenterology. Hematology. Infectious disease. Renal disease. Endocrinology. Rheumatology. Neurology. Surgery in the elderly. Obesity. Psychiatric disorders. Peripartum patients Surgical procedures and their complications. General surgery. Cardiothoracic surgery. Vascular surgery. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Gynecologic surgery. Neurologic surgery. Ophthalmic surgery. Orthopedic surgery. Otolaryngologic surgery. Urologic surgery. This comprehensively revised textbook provides an authoritative account of all aspects of perioperative care for surgical patients. All areas of medical disease are discussed with clear recommendations for work up and management in the perioperative period. It will serve as a significant work of reference for internists, anesthesiologists and surgeons.