Young / Botney Patient Safety in Plastic Surgery

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-62623-938-8
Verlag: Thieme Medical Publishers
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 648 Seiten, PDF

Patient safety is an overriding concern in all surgery and particularly in plastic surgery, where many of the procedures are elective, but information about patient safety has traditionally been scattered throughout the literature. Patient Safety in Plastic Surgery covers all of the essential patient safety topics in one valuable resource.

Timely and practical, the book places special emphasis on clinical issues. It begins with the safety concerns most often identified by plastic surgeons, such as DVTs, surgical site infections, sleep apnea, and anesthesia safety. Beyond these obvious problems are major safety issues that often fall off the radar. These are critical to patient comfort and safety, but they do not always receive the attention they merit, such as hypothermia, nausea and vomiting, proper patient positioning, and screening and management of medical co-morbidities. Other important chapters focus on the identification and avoidance of patients who are poor psychological candidates for surgery and the legal aspects of safety.

The book is edited by V. Leroy Young, a well-known plastic surgeon, and Richard Botney, a noted anesthesiologist. They offer readers the advantage of their combined experience along with that of a multidisciplinary group of experts on the different topics covered.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Young, Leroy

Botney, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Plastische, Rekonstruktive & Kosmetische Chirurgie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Basic Considerations
Chapter 1 Introduction to Patient Safety
Chapter 2 Legal Considerations
Part II Medical Safety Issues
Chapter 3 Managing Cardiovascular Risk and Hypertension
Chapter 4 Managing the Risk of Perioperative Pulmonary Complications
Chapter 5 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Chapter 6 Managing Patients Who Smoke
Chapter 7 Perioperative Glucose Controal and Diabetes Management
Chapter 8 Neurologic Considerations
Part III Surgical Safety Issues
Chapter 9 Psychological Evaluation of Cosmetic Surgery Patients
Chapter 10 Approach to Venous Thromboembolism and Bleeding
Chapter 11 Prevention of Surgical Site Infections in Plastic Surgery
Chapter 12 Hypothermia: Prevention and Consequences
Chapter 13 Safety in Minimally Invasive Therapies: Botox, Fillers, and Light-Based Procedures
Part IV Anesthetic Safety Issues
Chapter 14 Airway Management
Chapter 15 Malignant Hyperthermia
Chapter 16 Managing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 17 Safe Patient Positioning
Chapter 18 Safety Considerations for Different Anesthesia Techniques
Part V A Coordinated Approach
Chapter 19 Patient Safety: Putting It All Together