Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls, 2nd Edition

by Steven L. Cohn

Overview

This concise high-yield clinical reference guides physicians and their clinical teams through the decision-making process of assessing patient risk prior to surgery

Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls, Second Edition focuses on the critical process of assessing and managing patients with medical comorbidities before undergoing surgical procedures. The book provides validated risk assessment tools and mitigation strategies for frequently encountered comorbidities.

Emphasizing risk factors and filled with clinical pearls for postoperative complications, this thorough, expertly written, updated resource covers perioperative medication management; cardiac, pulmonary, and frailty risk indices with modification strategies; diabetes management using target-specific anticoagulants; and complex perioperative cases.

Features:
• NEW chapters on cardiac biomarkers, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and postoperative urinary retention
• Reflects the most current guidelines and recommendations from the European Society of Cardiology and the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
• Highlights the most impactful references for each topical area
• Tables throughout convey massive amounts of information for quick access
• Provides need-to-know evidence-based information that can immediately be applied in clinical practice
• Key takeaways on preoperative evaluation, testing, anesthesia, and medication management

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781266075902
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/05/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Steven L.Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM, FRCP isProfessor Emeritus at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine wherehe was previously the Medical Director of the UHealth Preoperative AssessmentCenter (UPAC) and the Medical Consultation Service at Jackson MemorialHospital. Prior to that, he was the Chief of the Division of General InternalMedicine and Associate Medical Director for Quality Improvement at SUNYDownstate where he is also Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus, and he wasthe Director of the Preoperative Clinic and Medical Consultation Service atKings County Hospital. He was responsible for the education and supervision ofmore than 1100 senior medical residents and has evaluated over 30,000 patientspreoperatively. In 2017, he received the SHM Award for Excellence in Teaching.He is a master of the American Collegeof Physicians (MACP), senior fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SFHM),fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), and board member of theSociety for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI). Dr. Cohnis the author/editor of 4 books, over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and bookchapters, including the preoperative chapter in the 23^rd-26^theditions of Goldman-Cecil Textbook of Medicine, as well as multiple onlinetopics and modules for UpToDate and SHM Consults. He has given over 400 CMEpresentations, is widely recognized as an expert in the field of perioperative medicineand is often referred to as the “Godfather of Perioperative Medicine” by hiscolleagues.