1895924
9780071412407
PROVIDES CLINICAL AND PRACTICE MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE IN ONE COMPLETE REFERENCE! This hands-on guide provides anesthesiology practitioners with essential clinical information on the increasingly utilized and important subject of ambulatory anesthesia. What's more, it also provides practical guidance for clinicians and institutions that are establishing or expanding an ambulatory surgical clinic. GAIN CLINICAL EXPERTISE... *Clinical content addresses all subjects a clinician needs to know, from how to assess the ambulatory patient for anesthesia care, to pharmacological principles, to the procedures and techniques used in specific disease conditions, and much more *Includes expert guidance on timely issues such as advanced regional anesthesia including peripheral nerve blocks, multimodal analgesia, postoperative pain management, anesthesia for laparoscopic surgery, anesthesia for cosmetic procedures, and more. *Also includes practical pearls regarding anesthesia in the pediatric patient, anesthesia in special situations, such as patients with morbid obesity or pacemakers, adverse event recognition and treatment, prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea, and much more INCLUDES PRACTICE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON... *Structure and function of the ideal ambulatory surgery center *Regulatory and accreditation requirements *Business management strategies *Quality improvement in ambulatory anesthesia *Cost containment in ambulatory surgery centers *Much moreSteele, Susan is the author of 'Ambulatory Anesthesia and Perioperative Analgesia', published 2005 under ISBN 9780071412407 and ISBN 0071412409.
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