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…
Postoperative Care of the Orthopedic Patient Benjamin Hollingsworth Joseph Schwab INTRODUCTION The postoperative management of patients who have undergone orthopedic surgery is unique from most other surgical patients owing to…
Recovery of Patients Undergoing Radiologic Procedures with Anesthetic Management John J. A. Marota I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS All radiologic procedures can be stratified as either diagnostic or interventional. The majority of…
Vascular Patient Elizabeth Turner I. INTRODUCTION A. Demographics of Vascular Patients Every individual undergoes varying degrees of atherosclerotic changes to their arterial walls as they age. Whereas some individuals will…
Postoperative Care of the Thoracic Surgery Patient Uma M. Sachdeva Christopher R. Morse I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Patients who undergo thoracic surgery require close monitoring during the perioperative period and frequently…
Ophthalmologic Surgical Patient Elizabeth Turner Nailyn Rasoul Katherine Boudreault Dean Cestari I. INTRODUCTION The ophthalmic surgical patient can undergo either intraocular or extraocular surgery. Depending on the type of surgery…
Head and Neck Surgical Patient Rebecca L. Grammer Maria J. Troulis I. INTRODUCTION A. Demographics of OMFS and ENT Patients Patients undergoing oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) and ENT procedures…
