Postoperative Airway Complications Tara Kelly Mazen Maktabi Although anesthesiologists are well informed on optimization for safe intubation and intraoperative ventilation, less focus has been placed on postoperative airway complications. It…
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Ryan J. Horvath William Benedetto I. INTRODUCTION Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) continues to be a common occurrence in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) setting, affecting…
Postoperative Pain Management Mark Hoeft INTRODUCTION Pain, as defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain, is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential…
Postoperative Care for the Plastic Surgical Patient Andrew Vardanian William (Jay) Gerald Austen INTRODUCTION This chapter provides a general reference for common postoperative issues in the plastic surgery patient (Table…
Postoperative Care for the Burn Patient Andrew Vardanian Jeremy Goverman INTRODUCTION Burn injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality, often requiring operative intervention. The most common causes of burn injury are…
Patient Care: Trauma Patient Matthew Tichauer Craig S. Jabaley D. Dante Yeh I. In the United States, trauma is the leading cause of death for patients 1 to 44 years…
Management of the Genitourinary Surgical Patient Rebecca I. Kalman Elisabeth M. Baker Heather Renzi Given the multitude of genitourinary procedures, this chapter focuses on those procedures with expected blood loss…
Gastrointestinal, Abdominal, and Anorectal Patient Elizabeth Turner I. INTRODUCTION A. Demographics of Gastrointestinal, Abdominal, and Anorectal Patients There are a wide variety of operative procedures for treating gastrointestinal (GI), abdominal,…
Postoperative Care of the Endocrine Surgery Patient Yufei Chen Roy Phitayakorn Endocrine surgery is a subspecialty of general surgery that focuses predominantly on diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal…
Postoperative Care of the Neurosurgical Patient Joanne E. Baker Ala Nozari POSTOPERATIVE CARE OF THE NEUROSURGICAL PATIENT A hospitalized patient can present following a number of neurosurgical procedures that can…
