Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Joshi, Girish P
• Gertler, Ralph

Titel

Anaesthesia and co-exisiting disease

Ist Teil von

• The Lancet (British edition), 2003-11, Vol.362 (9397), p.1771-1771

Ort / Verlag

London: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Quelle

EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Because the practice of anaesthesia has expanded to encompass subjects outside the operating room, anaesthesiologists are now regarded as perioperative physicians. The increased focus on preoperative preparation, perioperative risk assessment, and knowledge of the interaction between medical conditions, anaesthesia, and surgery should allow us to provide the best possible perioperative care and improve patients' safety. [...]it is necessary that anaesthesiologists have a deeper understanding of disease states, as well as the pathophysiological changes that might occur during the perioperative period. In this edition all chapters have been thoroughly updated and there is new information on ischaemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, asthma, immune system dysfunction, lung disease, diabetes, obesity, and diseases associated with ageing.