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Perioperative practice at a glance /

From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes this new title on all aspects of caring for patients in the perioperative environment. From pre-operative care, through the anaesthetic and surgical phases to post-operation and recovery, this easy-to-read, quick-reference resource u...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wicker, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
Colección:At a glance series (Oxford, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Surgical and anaesthetic abbreviations and acronyms; How to use your textbook; Part 1 Introduction to perioperative practice; Chapter 1 Preoperative patient preparation; Preoperative visiting; Preoperative assessment; Reducing postoperative complications; Chapter 2 Theatre scrubs and personal protective equipment (PPE); Theatre scrubs; Headwear; Footwear; Surgical masks; Patient dress; Theatre scrubs outside theatre; Chapter 3 Preventing the transmission of infection; Operating room cleaning; Risks to practitioners
  • Chapter 4 Preparing and managing equipmentInitial equipment checks; Anaesthetic equipment; Surgical equipment; Chapter 5 Perioperative patient care; Patient outcomes; Care pathways; Chapter 6 Surgical Safety Checklist
  • Part 1; The Surgical Safety Checklist; Introducing the checklist into the operating department; Adjusting the checklist; Chapter 7 Surgical Safety Checklist
  • Part 2; SIGN IN; TIME OUT; SIGN OUT; Chapter 8 Legal and professionalaccountability; Modes of accountability; Legal issues; Accountability and professional practice; Chapter 9 Interprofessional teamworking
  • Interprofessional conflictsPart 2 Anaesthesia; Chapter 10 Preparing anaesthetic equipment; Consumable items; Monitoring devices; Medical gas cylinders; Fluid warmers; Chapter 11 Checking the anaesthetic machine; Basic steps for checking an anaesthetic machine; Chapter 12 Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems; Respiratory system; Cardiovascular system; Chapter 13 Anaesthetic drugs; Induction agents; Inhalation agents; Muscle relaxants; Analgesics; Chapter 14 Perioperative fluid management; Effects of crystalloids; Effects of colloids; Blood and blood byproducts
  • Chapter 15 Monitoring the patientElectrocardiogram (ECG); Pulse oximeters; Temperature probes; Vapour analyser; Capnography; Non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurement; Chapter 16 General anaesthesia; Signs and stages of anaesthesia (Guedel's signs); Induction, maintenance and extubation; Administration of anaesthetic agents; Total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA); Complications of general anaesthesia; Chapter 17 Local anaesthesia; Clinical use of local anaesthetics; Topical anaesthetics; Infiltrative local anaesthetics; Chapter 18 Regional anaesthesia; Anatomy of the spine
  • Effects of local anaestheticsSpinal technique; Epidural technique; Intravenous regional techniques; Part 3 Surgery; Chapter 19 Roles of the circulating andscrub team; Circulating practitioners; Scrub practitioners; Before surgery; During surgery; After surgery; Chapter 20 Basic surgical instruments; Types of instruments; Chapter 21 Surgical scrubbing; Surgical scrub procedure; Side effects of surgical scrubbing; Chapter 22 Surgical positioning; Equipment requirements for positioning; Surgical positions; Chapter 23 Maintaining the sterile field; Sterile procedures; Preparing a sterile tray