Rev. ed. of: Handbook of preoperative assessment and management.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Risk reduction and risk assessment / Avery Tung -- Overview of preoperative evaluation and testing / BobbieJean Sweitzer -- Ischemic heart disease / William Vernick and Lee A. Fleisher -- Nonischemic heart disease and vascular disease / Ann T. Tong and Marc A. Rozner -- Pulmonary diseases / Evans R. Fern�andez P�erez ... [et al.] -- Endocrine and metabolic disorders / Vivek K. Moitra and BobbieJean Sweitzer -- Hematologic issues / Ajay Kumar and Amir K. Jaffer -- Renal disease / Padraig Mahon and George D. Shorten --

Hepatobiliary disease / Susan B. Glick and David B. Glick -- Neurologic disease / Angela M. Bader and David L. Hepner -- Musculoskeletal and autoimmune diseases / Parwane S. Parsa -- Psychiatric disease, chronic pain, and substance abuse / Jane C. Ballantyne -- Miscellaneous issues / James B. Mayfield and Benjamin E. McCurdy -- The pregnant patient for nonobstetric surgery / Robert Gaiser -- The pediatric patient / Lynne R. Ferrari -- Anesthetic-specific issues / Alan Klock -- Perioperative management issues / Stephen D. Small and BobbieJean Sweitzer -- Organizational infrastructure of a preoperative evaluation center / Angela M. Bader and Darin J. Correll -- Preoperative assessment for specific procedures or locations / Thomas W. Cutter -- Case studies in preoperative evaluation / Douglas C. Shook and BobbieJean Sweitzer.

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