Anesthesia & perioperative complications

• Main Authors: Benumof, Jonathan 1942- (Author), Saidman, Lawrence J. 1936- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: St. Louis Mosby ©1999
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Subjects: Anesthesia > adverse effects; Intraoperative Care > adverse effects; Intraoperative Complications > etiology; Intraoperative Complications > prevention & control
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• Physical Description: xiv, 832 pages illustration 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780815126195; 0815126190

Comprehensive, scholarly, and clinically relevant, "Anesthesia and Perioperative Complications" is a complete reference on the complications of anesthesia. Part I: Complications from Specific Anesthetic Events responds to the question Did I cause the complication? Part II: The Causes of Systemic Complications examines the causes of complications in important systems and major organs. Part III: Complications Related to Surgery That Might Be Attributed to Anesthesia is new to this edition and covers surgical complications that could mistakenly be attributed to anesthesia. Part IV: Medicolegal Considerations discusses the important medicolegal and socioeconomic ramifications of complications, such as risk, epidemiology, costs, quality assurance, and malpractice suits