The High-risk Surgical Patient

• ISBN13: 9783031172755
• Binding: Misc
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Publisher Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
• Publication Date: March 8, 2024
• Pages: 471
• Original Price: EUR 169.99
• Language: English
• Edition: 2023
• Item Weight: 2780 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Surgery / General

Defining the high-risk surgical patient.- The frail patient in the operating room: practical steps to reduce the operative risk.- The high risk surgical patients: the pathophysiologic perspective.- Monitoring and interpretation of vital signs in the high risk surgical patients.- Evaluation and critical care management of the burn patients.- Acid-base abnormalities in surgical patients admitted to intensive care unit.- Pre-operative cardiovascular risk assessment in non-cardiac general surgery.- Post-operative liver failure and pre-operative evaluation of the risk of surgery in patients with liver disease.- Radiology for surgeons: improving the diagnostic accuracy in the high risk surgical patient.- Oncologic emergencies in patients undergoing major surgery.- The paediatric high risk surgical patients.- Difficult intubation in high-risk surgical patients.- Recognition and early management of sepsis in frail patients.- Preoperative evaluation for complex pulmonary surgery: how can we balance the risk?.- Assessment of pre-operative risk in complex cardiac surgery.- Patient safety in surgery: strategies to achieve the best outcomes in high-risk surgical patients.- Strategies to reduce the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications.- Prevention and management of perioperative neurological complications in high-risk surgical patients.- Acute aortic syndrome: a high-risk missed diagnosis in ED.- Percutaneous Interventional Treatment of Structural Heart Diseases (Non-coronary).- New technologies in urologic surgery: Robotic and minimally invasive procedures.- New Trends in vascular surgery: less open and more endovascular procedures.- New trends in laparoscopic procedures in the emergency abdominal surgery.- New trends in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis.- Point of Care US in the preoperative evaluation of the high-risk surgical patient requiring urgent non-cardiac surgery.- Perioperative monitoring in the high-risk surgical patients: a step-by-step approach.- High-risk pancreatic anastomosis: Prediction, mitigation, and management of postoperative pancreatic fistula?.- Anaesthesia in high-risk surgical patients with uncommon diseases.- Perioperative management and surgical challenges in patients with spinal cord dysfunction.- Non-invasive ventilation in the high-risk surgical patients.- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for critically ill patients in the emergency department.- Perioperative management of major bleeding and coagulopathy in high-risk surgical patients.- The endovascular management of post-operative bleeding.- Evaluation and management of malnutrition in the high-risk surgical patient.- The role of selective drug therapy in reducing mortality in the high- risk surgical patients.- Mechanical Circulatory Support Strategies in Cardiogenic Shock.- Evaluation and management of patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) requiring non-cardiac surgical procedures.- Rescue surgery and failure to rescue.- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for GI neoplasms in frail patients.- Advanced therapeutic endoscopy for acute pancreatic and biliary diseases in frail patients.- Appropriate perioperative therapy in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing surgery.- Robot-assisted pancreatic surgery: safety and feasibility.- Advanced laparoscopic liver surgery: a safe therapeutic option.- Major complications in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.- Major complications after oesophageal, gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery.- Major complications of vascular surgery.- Major complications of urologic surgery.- Major complications of thoracic surgery.- Major complications of cardiac surgery.- Major complications of abdominal organ transplantation surgery.- Corticosteroid insufficiency in high-risk surgical patients.- Rational use of antimicrobial therapy in septic surgical patients.- Major complications of heart transplant surgery.- Major complications of lung transplant surgery.- 3D printing technology in medicine: a personalized approach toward a safer surgical practice.- Multiorgan procurement for transplantation as a way to improve surgical education.- From "see one-do one-teach one to hands-on simulation and objective assessment in surgical training.- New trends in medical education and mentoring by immersive virtual reality: a new tool for patient's safety.- Artificial Intelligence in the management of difficult decisions in surgery and operating room optimization.- Trauma Surgeons Training Programs.- Telemedicine for prehospital trauma care: a promising approach.- New trends in critical care assessment and management of the trauma patient.- Potentially preventable trauma deaths: A challenge for trauma care systems.- Updates in complex management of pancreatic trauma.- Updates in the management of complex renal trauma.- Updates in the management of complex chest trauma.- Updates in the management of complex cardiac injuries.- The ongoing dilemma of thoracoabdominal injuries: which cavity and when? .- Subclavian vessels injuries: an anatomical challenge to the surgeon.- Management of Complex Laryngotracheal Injuries: a Challenging Surgical Emergency.- Complex duodenal injuries: a trend toward less invasive surgery.- Abdominal and Peripheral Vascular injuries: critical decisions in trauma.- Updates in the management of complex craniofacial injuries.- Non-operative management of blunt traumatic injuries.- Recent advances in minimally invasive surgery for spinal trauma .- Current perspectives of interventional radiology in trauma.- Strategies to control haemorrhage in trauma patients.- Selective use of anaesthetics in patients with major trauma.- Lifesaving and Emergency Surgical Procedures in Trauma Patients.- ECMO in trauma patients.- The role of trauma surgeon in mass casualties