The care that a patient receives in the first hours after surgery is crucial to minimizing the risk of complications. The recovery room staff must manage both comatose and physiologically unstable patients, and deal with the immediate post-operative care of surgical patients.The Complete Recovery Room Book, Sixth edition, provides nurses, surgeons, and anaesthetists with up-to-date guidance and practical tips on the post-operative management of patients. Over 30 chapters, this resource covers key aspects of recovery room management from setting-up, monitoring and equipment, and managing symptoms as well as clear and concise explanations of physiology and pharmacology. Specific chapters address the unique post-operative needs of individual types ofsurgery and patient groups. Practical tips and short aphorisms are offered throughout the text to help retain practical information.
20 Golden Rules 1: Recovery room routines 2: Recovery room procedures 3: Design of the recovery room 4: Monitoring and equipment 5: Pain 6: Postoperative pain 7: Analgesics 8: Postoperative nausea and vomiting 9: Regional analgesia 10: Special problems 11: Pharmacology 12: Mothers and babies 13: Paediatrics 14: The elderly patient 15: Respiratory physiology 16: The respiratory system 17: Cardiovascular physiology 18: Cardiovascular disease 19: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 20: Shock 21: Crisis management 22: The kidney 23: Fluid balance 24: Metabolism 25: Chronic disorders 26: The bleeding patient 27: Surgical issues 28: Infection control 29: Working with people 30: Working with facts Appendix 1 Trolley set-ups Appendix 2 Infusions Appendix 3 Useful data Glossary Abbreviations Abbreviations: Index:
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