Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period

Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period edited by Giovanni Landoni, Laura Ruggeri, Alberto Zangrillo.

This book describes the techniques, strategies, and drugs that have been demonstrated by well-documented randomized trials to influence survival in the perioperative setting. It takes into consideration all types of adult surgery and will be relevant to the evaluation of any patient undergoing an op...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Landoni, Giovanni (Editor), Ruggeri, Laura (Editor), Zangrillo, Alberto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Surgery.
Critical care medicine.
Anesthesiology.
Cardiology.
Pharmacology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 The risks and benefits of the consensus process
  • 2 The process of consensus building
  • 3 Noninvasive Ventilation to reduce perioperative mortality
  • 4 Role of inhalational anesthetic agents in reducing perioperative mortality
  • 5 Can Neuraxial Anesthesia Reduce Perioperative Mortality
  • 6 Role of perioperative hemodynamic optimization in reducing perioperative mortality
  • 7 Levosimendan to reduce perioperative mortality
  • 8 Could Clonidine Contribute to a Reduction in Perioperative Mortality
  • 9 Perioperative β-blocker therapy to improve survival
  • 10 Perioperative supplemental oxygen to reduce perioperative mortality
  • 11 Leukocyte depletion of transfused blood to reduce perioperative mortality
  • 12 Chlorhexidine Oral Rinse to reduce perioperative mortality
  • 13 Reducing perioperative mortality with Intra Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation (IABP)
  • 14 Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract
  • 15 Role of insulin in reducing mortality in the perioperative period
  • 16 Aprotinin: pharmacological benefits and safety concerns
  • 17 Consensus Conference on perioperative mortality: an update
  • Subject Index.

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