Anaesthetic and perioperative complications /
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Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
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Description: | 1 online resource. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge medicine |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8743159 |
Table of Contents:
- Fereword
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Section 1. Generic aspects of complications
- 1. Preventing complications
- 2. Managing complications
- 3. Risk management
- Section 2. Cinical aspects of complications
- 4. Airway complications during anaesthesia
- 5. Respiratory complications
- 6. Cardiovascular complications
- 7. Complications of blood products and fluid infusions
- 8. Complications during obstetric anaesthesia
- 9. Perioperative neurological complications
- 10. Hepatic, renal and endocrine complications
- 11. Injury during anaesthesia
- 12. Regional anaesthesia complications
- 13. Body temperature complications
- 14. Equipment malfunction
- 15. Drug reactions
- 16. Management of postoperative complications
- Section 3. Ethical and medico-legal complications
- 17. Before complications occur: Assessing, balancing and explaining risk; Consent
- 18. After complications occur: Explaining complications and outcome; Allocating blame; Implications for the hospital and the anaesthetist
- 19. Risk factors for litigation
- 20. Management of complaints and litigation in the UK
- 21. The role of the expert witness
- Index