Pocket Guide to the Operating Room
4th Edition
Published on 30. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
2592 pages
978-0-8036-6839-3 (ISBN)
Description
This pocket guide presents more than 500 surgical procedures! State-of-the-art revisions familiarize the reader with new standards of excellence for care of the surgical patient in the perioperative environment. For each procedure, you'll find a definition, discussion, description of the surgery, preparation of the patient, skin preparation, draping technique, instrumentation, supplies, and special notes pertinent to that surgery.
Comprehensive patient care is addressed, including psychological care of the patient in surgery, safety measures for the patient and perioperative personnel, the written record of intra-, pre- and postoperative care, The Joint Commission's Universal Protocol and AORN's standards and recommended practices, (including correct site and laterality considerations).
Its in-depth coverage also encompasses charting as a legal document, patient teaching, detailed surgical patient positioning with drawings, anesthesia and anesthetic agents, laser application, robotics, endoscopy (including laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, thoracoscopic, and arthroscopic procedures), microsurgery (including microendoscopy and microneuroendoscopy), harmonic scalpel, argon beam coagulator, special considerations for the pediatric patient in surgery, (including anesthesia modifications and surgical procedures).
Comprehensive patient care is addressed, including psychological care of the patient in surgery, safety measures for the patient and perioperative personnel, the written record of intra-, pre- and postoperative care, The Joint Commission's Universal Protocol and AORN's standards and recommended practices, (including correct site and laterality considerations).
Its in-depth coverage also encompasses charting as a legal document, patient teaching, detailed surgical patient positioning with drawings, anesthesia and anesthetic agents, laser application, robotics, endoscopy (including laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, thoracoscopic, and arthroscopic procedures), microsurgery (including microendoscopy and microneuroendoscopy), harmonic scalpel, argon beam coagulator, special considerations for the pediatric patient in surgery, (including anesthesia modifications and surgical procedures).
More details
Edition
Fourth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
31 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 114 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8036-6839-3 (9780803668393)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Clinical Nurse IV, Formerly, Operating Room Clinical Education Instructor, Medical Center of Tarzana, Tarzana, California; Consultant to Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 19th and 20th Editions
Content
I: Considerations: Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Care including Psychological Support of the Surgical Patient
1. Perioperative Care of the Patient
2. Protection of the Patient in surgery/ Patient Safety
3. Safety Measures for Operating Room Personnel
II: Anesthesia General Information
4. Anesthesia Modalities
5. General Anesthesia
6. Conduction Anesthesia
III: Technical Adjuncts to Surgery
7. Laser Technology
8. Endoscopy: A Minimal Access Approach
9. Robotics
10. Microsurgery
11. Harmonic Scalpel and Plasma Scalpel
12. Argon Beam Coagulator
13. Radiofrequency Ablation
IV:?Surgical Procedures
14. Integumentary and Minimally Invasive Surgery
15. Breast Surgery
16. Abdominal Extraintestinal Surgery
17. Gastrointestinal Surgery
18. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery
19. Genitourinary Surgery
20. Thoracic Surgery
21. Vascular Surgery
22. Cardiac Surgery
23. Orthopedic Surgery
24. Neurologic Surgery
25. Plastic Surgery
26. Neck Surgery
27. Otorhinolaryngological (ENT) Surgery
28. Ophthalmic Surgery
29. Dental Surgery
30. Radiation Therapy/Radiotherapy Procedures
31. Pediatric Surgery
V: Instrument Trays
32. General Surgery Instrument Trays
33. Gynecologic and Obstetric Trays
34. Genitourinary Trays
35. Thoracic Instrument Trays
36. Cardiovascular Procedures Instrument Trays
37. Orthopedic Instrument Trays
38. Neurosurgical Procedures Instrument Trays
39. Plastic Surgery Instrument Trays
40. Otorhinolaryngologic (ENT) Instrument Trays
41. Ophthalmic Procedures Trays
42. Dental Instrument Trays
43. Pediatric Instrument Trays
1. Perioperative Care of the Patient
2. Protection of the Patient in surgery/ Patient Safety
3. Safety Measures for Operating Room Personnel
II: Anesthesia General Information
4. Anesthesia Modalities
5. General Anesthesia
6. Conduction Anesthesia
III: Technical Adjuncts to Surgery
7. Laser Technology
8. Endoscopy: A Minimal Access Approach
9. Robotics
10. Microsurgery
11. Harmonic Scalpel and Plasma Scalpel
12. Argon Beam Coagulator
13. Radiofrequency Ablation
IV:?Surgical Procedures
14. Integumentary and Minimally Invasive Surgery
15. Breast Surgery
16. Abdominal Extraintestinal Surgery
17. Gastrointestinal Surgery
18. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery
19. Genitourinary Surgery
20. Thoracic Surgery
21. Vascular Surgery
22. Cardiac Surgery
23. Orthopedic Surgery
24. Neurologic Surgery
25. Plastic Surgery
26. Neck Surgery
27. Otorhinolaryngological (ENT) Surgery
28. Ophthalmic Surgery
29. Dental Surgery
30. Radiation Therapy/Radiotherapy Procedures
31. Pediatric Surgery
V: Instrument Trays
32. General Surgery Instrument Trays
33. Gynecologic and Obstetric Trays
34. Genitourinary Trays
35. Thoracic Instrument Trays
36. Cardiovascular Procedures Instrument Trays
37. Orthopedic Instrument Trays
38. Neurosurgical Procedures Instrument Trays
39. Plastic Surgery Instrument Trays
40. Otorhinolaryngologic (ENT) Instrument Trays
41. Ophthalmic Procedures Trays
42. Dental Instrument Trays
43. Pediatric Instrument Trays