POSTOPERATIVE CARE HANDBOOK OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Title of the books is POSTOPERATIVE CARE HANDBOOK OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL . Author Name :BERG. Excellent book for the Clinical Science, MEDICINE. Published byWOLTERS KLUWER INDIA PVT. LTD. Practical, portable and accessible, this new addition to theLWW Handbook Series covers all facets of care given to patientspostoperatively, both early on in the PACU and later on the floor. A multidisciplinary team of residents, fellows and faculty at thehighly esteemed Massachusetts General Hospital employ aneasy-to-use outline format to cover topics such as patient care,postoperative complications, special considerations, CPR in thePACU, ethico-legal issues and PACU administration. n Covers the wide variety of patients encountered in thePACU (such as patients just out of thoracic surgery vs. those coming from genitourinary surgery). n Presents the combined experience and knowledge ofanaesthesiologists, surgeons and paranaesthesia nurses,mirroring the team structure of care given postoperativelyn Discusses the considerations necessary for special patientpopulations such as obese patients or substance abusepatients. n Addresses PACU organization and management, qualityassurance, infection control, legal and ethical issues and more.