Isbn: 9780199579532 (1 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. The use of ambulatory or day care surgery has grown tremendously in Western countries in recent years at the expense of more traditional in-hospital surgical care. The adoption of day case surgery still varies considerably between countries and even within countries. The transition from traditional in-hospital care to day case surgery or ambulatory procedures calls for vigilant planning of preoperative care, and a team effort to optimize all parts of patient care, as well as care logistics. Drug selection, drug combination, drug administration, and preparation of patients are all substantially different in the day case surgery setting than in the traditional in-hospital care setting. It is therefore crucial that anaesthetists, surgeons, and other clinicians involved in administering day case surgery are aware of these differences to ensure safe and effective delivery of care. Part of the Oxford Anaesthesia Library, this practical pocketbook provides an overview of the scope of day case surgical anaesthesia and offers simple and ready-to-use suggestions to follow in everyday day care surgical clinical practice.…