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Anesthesiology

Postoperative Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital By Sheri M. Berg, MD and Edward A Bittner, MD, PhD

DESCRIPTION Practical, portable, and accessible, this new addition to the LWW Handbook Series covers all facets of care given to patients postop- eratively, both early on in the PACU and later on the floor. A mul- tidisciplinary 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.

FEATURES ▶ ▶ 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 perianesthesia nurses, mirroring the team structure of care given postoperatively. ▶ ▶ Discusses the considerations necessary for special patient populations such as obese patients or substance abuse patients. ▶ ▶ Addresses PACU organization and management, quality assurance, infection control, legal and ethical issues, and more. Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: ▶ ▶ The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time—providing a seamless reading experience online or offline ▶ ▶ Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks ▶ ▶ Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design ▶ ▶ The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in July, 2007. (ISBN: 978-0-7817-8847-2)

Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-0104-8 / (US$59.99 / £46.50 / €55.00) Worldwide Approx. 396 pp. / Approx. 1 2-Color Illus. / Approx. 52 Tables / August 2017

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