Quality of Anesthesia Care, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

Quality of Anesthesia Care, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Author: Mark Neuman
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1455709077

This issue on sex and gender comes at an opportune time, as the DSM-IV is being revised, and in particular sex and gender issues are being reconsidered. This issue focuses on research in the area of gender variant children and transgender adolescents, assessment of several scenarios and clear information on practice parameters. Therapy for gender variant children and transgender adolescents is discussed in detail, as well as parents' perspectives, ethical legal, and non-discrimination issues, and education on these subjects. International standards of care are also discussed.

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)
Author: Haile T. Debas
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2015-03-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1464803676

Essential Surgery is part of a nine volume series for Disease Control Priorities which focuses on health interventions intended to reduce morbidity and mortality. The Essential Surgery volume focuses on four key aspects including global financial responsibility, emergency procedures, essential services organization and cost analysis.

Post Anesthesia Care Unit, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

Post Anesthesia Care Unit, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Author: Scott Falk
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-09-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1455743909

This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics covers essential topics in the post anesthesia care unit. Management of pain, delirium, acute renal failure, arrhythmias, and several post anesthesia complications are covered. Both adult and pediatric issues are addressed.

Education in Anesthesia

Education in Anesthesia
Author: Edwin A. Bowe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1316630382

Become a better educator in anesthesia, understanding and implementing best practices and evidence-based principles in a range of settings.

Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Author: Mark S. Weiss
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-08-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323545416

This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics focuses on Anesthesia Out of the Operating Room. Editors Mark Weiss and Wendy Gross have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: A Changing Landscape: Demands of Integrated Care Delivery: Interventional Medicine and Anesthesiology: Engineering Challenges and Interdisciplinary Teamwork; Organizational Infrastructure: Attaining and Teaching Clinical Excellence. Improvement across specialties by implementing an “Institute mentality in the clinical arena; Quality: Who’s rules apply?; Electronic Health Records; Monitoring; Interventional Radiology (NOT RADIATION): (Safety/Tumor Ablation/Adult radiology/ equipment); Approaches to Vascular Disease; Cath Lab: Structural Heart Disease, Devices and TAVR; EP Lab; Cardioversions and TEEs; Upper GI EGD and new procedures; Colonoscopy and new procedures anesthesiologist and GI person; Endoscopic Surgery, repair of surgical procedures, bariatric procedures; Interventional Pulmonology; Pediatrics; Market Evaluation; Finances, Bundled Payments and ACOs; Competitive Strategy or Joint Venture Finance: potential threats and likely future scenarios.

Value-Based Care, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

Value-Based Care, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Author: Lee A. Fleisher
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323402372

This issue will cover novel approaches to demonstrating value by anesthesiologists. Articles will include Value from the Patient and Payer Perspectives, Perioperative Surgical Home, Demonstrating Value: A British perspective, Demonstrating value: A case study of enhanced recovery, Acute Pain Management/Regional, Measuring Outcomes as Demonstrating Value and many more!

Ambulatory Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

Ambulatory Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Author: Michael T. Walsh
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-05-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323682693

This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, edited by Dr. Michael T. Walsh in collaboration with Consulting Editor Lee Fleisher, is focused on Ambulatory Anesthesia. Topics in this issue include: Preoperative evaluation for ambulatory anesthesia; Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea in the ambulatory patient; Pediatric ambulatory anesthesia challenges; Safety in dental anesthesia for office-based practitioners; Office-based anesthesia; Regional anesthesia for the ambulatory anesthesiologist; Anesthesia for same-day total joint; Enhanced recovery in outpatient surgery; Outcomes in ambulatory anesthesia: Measuring what matters; ASC Medical director issues; NORA: Anesthesia in the GI suite; MACRA/MIPS/APM, etc: Payment issues in ambulatory anesthesia; Emergency response in the ASC; and Quality Improvement in ambulatory anesthesia.

Orthopedic Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

Orthopedic Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Author: Nabil Elkassabany
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2014-12-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323326390

Guest editors Nabil M. Elkassabany and Edward R. Mariano have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Orthopedic Anesthesia. Articles include: Evidence-Based Medicine for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia,Role of Regional Anesthesia in Orthopedic Trauma, Which Outcomes Related to Regional Anesthesia Are Most Important for Orthopedic Surgery Patients?,Optimizing Perioperative Care for Patients with Hip Fracture, Regional Anesthesia-Analgesia: Relationship to Cancer Recurrence and Infection, Developing a Multidisciplinary Fall Reduction Program for Lower-Extremity Joint Arthroplasty Patients, Optimizing Perioperative Management of Total Joint Arthroplasty, and more!

Ambulatory Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

Ambulatory Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Author: Jeffrey Apfelbaum
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323299342

Ambulatory anesthesia is used for surgical procedures where the patient does not need to stay overnight in the hospital. The same anesthetics that are used in the operating room setting are used in the ambulatory setting, including general, regional and local anesthetics. Sedation anesthetics are also given in the ambulatory setting. This issue will cover best practices and procedures for perioperative care, regional anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, administering office anesthesia, and more.