Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period

This second edition presents the first update on a consensus process during which all evidence from the literature with a survival benefit in the perioperative period was gathered, and in which 500 physicians from 61 countries worked to confirm the findings. Perioperative morbidity and mortality cur...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Landoni, Giovanni (Editor), Ruggeri, Laura (Editor), Zangrillo, Alberto (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:	2nd ed. 2017.
Subjects:	Medicine. Anesthesiology. Critical care medicine. Internal medicine. Surgery.
Online Access:	Full text (Wentworth users only)

Table of Contents:

The Risks and Benefits of the Consensus Process
The Process of Consensus Building
Noninvasive Ventilation to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Role of Inhalational Anesthetic Agents in Reducing Perioperative Mortality
Can Neuraxial Anesthesia Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Role of Perioperative Hemodynamic Optimization in Reducing Perioperative Mortality
Levosimendan to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Perioperative b-Blocker Therapy and Survival
Leukocyte Depletion of Transfused Blood to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Reducing Perioperative Mortality with Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation (IABP)
Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract
Role of Insulin in Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period
Aprotinin: Pharmacological Benefits and Safety Concerns
Consensus Conference on Perioperative Mortality: An Update
Liberal Transfusion Strategy in the Perioperative Period
Remote ischaemic preconditioning
Statins
Tranexamic acid
Proven mortality reduction unconfirmed in most recent works. methodological problem.

Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period

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