Table of Contents

20 Golden Rules
1: Recovery room routines
2: Recovery room procedures
3: Design of the recovery room
4: Monitoring and equipment
5: Pain
6: Postoperative pain
7: Analgesics
8: Postoperative nausea and vomiting
9: Regional analgesia
10: Special problems
11: Pharmacology
12: Mothers and babies
13: Paediatrics
14: The elderly patient
15: Respiratory physiology
16: The respiratory system
17: Cardiovascular physiology
18: Cardiovascular disease
19: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
20: Shock
21: Crisis management
22: The kidney
23: Fluid balance
24: Metabolism
25: Chronic disorders
26: The bleeding patient
27: Surgical issues
28: Infection control
29: Working with people
30: Working with facts
Appendix 1 Trolley set-ups
Appendix 2 Infusions
Appendix 3 Useful data
Glossary
Abbreviations
Abbreviations:
Index:

About the Author

Anne Craig, Anaesthetist, Auckland City Hospital and Greenlane Surgical Unit Auckland, Anthea Hatfield, Anaesthetist,

Reviews

Review from previous edition Featured as an 'Essential Purchase' on Doody's Core Titles List for 2018

This comprehensive book provides clear guidance on how to manage the postoperative care of surgical patients. The fifth edition of a book that was originally published in 1992, this update includes the most current medications and monitoring techniques for managing postsurgical patients.
*Doody*