Perioperační medicína nejen pro praktické lékaře – Seidlová Dagmar (2024)

General practitioners commonly encounter patients who need preoperative examinations or come in for adjustments to chronic medication aimed at optimizing their health before surgery. Moreover, multimorbid patients are often indicated for surgery these days. After the procedure, these patients return to the practice, and the doctor must adequately respond to the specialist's instructions and possibly further adjust medication based on the situation in the postoperative period. Most practitioners have not been in the operating room for many years. This book serves as a useful guide to perioperative medicine, especially for general practitioners but also for other doctors. It has been written by experienced authors and experts in the field of anesthesiology. The book is practically and clearly organized. It introduces readers to the basics of anesthesia and the selection of the appropriate type, premedication, and the demands of current necessary preoperative preparations. The book illustrates the organization of the operation of central operating rooms in large hospitals, current surgical practices with an emphasis on new surgical techniques for the most common procedures, and sheds light on anesthesiological practices in broader contexts related to the patient's health status before surgery. The division of the issues of perioperative medicine according to...