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Contents

Role of the medical consultant

Preoperative cardiac risk assessment

Thromboembolic prevention and treatment

Neurologic disease and postoperative delirium

Medical illness in the psychiatric patient

Preoperative pulmonary risk assessment

Prophylactic antibiotics and postoperative infectious complications

Hematological complications in surgery

Common endocrine disorders

Common medical disorders in pregnancy

Acute renal failure and perioperative care

Miscellaneous

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Updated 2/04

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Role of the medical consultant, approach to preoperative evaluation and testing
  • Smetana G, MacPherson D. The case against routine preoperative laboratory testing. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:7-40. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Smetana in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Cohn S. The role of the medical consultant. 2003. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:1-6. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Cohn S in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Mercado D, Petty B. Perioperative medication management. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:41-57. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Mercado in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Kaboli P, Wilson S, Hata J. Anesthesia techniques and their impact on perioperative management. UpToDate. 2003.
Preoperative cardiac risk assessment and post-operative management
  • Eagle et al. ACC/AHA guideline update on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery-Executive summary. Circulation. 2002;105:1257-1267.
  • Cohn S, Goldman L. Preoperative risk evaluation and perioperative management of patients with coronary artery disease. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:111-136. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Cohn S in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Shammash J, Ghali W. Preoperative assessment and perioperative management of the patient with nonischemic heart disease. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:137-152. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Shammash in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Fleisher L, Eagle K. Lowering cardiac risk in noncardiac surgery. N Engl J Med. 2001.345:23:1677-1682.
  • Auerbach A, Goldman L. ß-blockers and reduction of cardiac events in noncardiac Surgery. JAMA. 2002.287;1435-1444.
  • Mangano D, et al. Effect of atenolol on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity after noncardiac surgery. N Engl J Med. 1996;335:1713-1720.
  • Poldermans D, et al. The effect of bisoprolol on perioperative mortality and myocardial infarction in high risk patients undergoing vascular surgery. N Engl J Med. 1999;341:1789-94.
Thromboembolic prevention and treatment
  • Geerts W et al. Prevention of venous thromboembolism. Sixth ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy. Chest. 2001;119;1:132S-75S.
  • Kaboli P, Henderson M, White R. DVT prophylaxis and anticoagulation in the surgical patient. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:77-110. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Kaboli in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
Consultation on the patient with neurologic disease and postoperative delirium
  • LeFevre F, Woolger J. Surgery in the patient with neurologic disease. Med Clin N Am. 2003;87:257-271. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter LeFevre in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Beliveau M, Multach M. Perioperative care for the elderly patient. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:273-289. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Beliveau in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Inouye SK, et al. A multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients. N Engl J Med. 1999;340:669-76.
Medical illness in the psychiatric patient
  • Rasmussen KG. Electroconvulsive therapy in the medically ill. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2002;25:177-193. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Rasmussen in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Kammerer and Gross’ Medical Consultation. Williams and Wilkins. 1998. 569-613.
Preoperative pulmonary risk assessment and post-operative management
  • Arozullah A, Conde M, Lawrence V. Preoperative evaluation for postoperative pulmonary complications. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:153-173. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Arozullah in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Smetana G. Preoperative pulmonary evaluation. N Engl J Med. 1999;340;12;937-944.
  • Arozullah AM et al. Development and validation of a multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative pneumonia after major noncardiac surgery. Ann Intern Med. 2001;135:847-57.
Prophylactic antibiotics and postoperative infectious complications
Hematological complications in surgery and management of anticoagulation during the perioperative period
  • Carson J. Evaluation and management of anemia and bleeding disorders in surgical patients. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:229-242. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Carson J in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Dunn A, Turpie A. Perioperative management of patients receiving oral anticoagulants: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:901-908.
Common endocrine disorders in medical consultation
  • Jacober S, Sowers J. An update on perioperative management of diabetes. Arch Intern Med. 1999;159:2405-2411.
  • Schiff R, Welsh G. Perioperative evaluation and management of the patient with endocrine dysfunction. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:175-192. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Schiff in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Glowniak JV, Loriaux DL. A double blind study of perioperative steroid requirements in secondary adrenal insufficiency. Surgery. 1997;121:123-9.
Common medical disorders in pregnancy
  • Mason E, Rosene-Montella K and Powrie R. Medical problems during pregnancy. Med Clin North Am. 1998;82:249-265. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Mason E in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Koren G, Patuskak A, Ito S. Drugs in pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 1998;338:1128-37.
Acute renal failure and perioperative care for the patient with impaired renal function
  • Joseph A, Cohn S. Perioperative care of the patient with renal failure. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:193-210. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Joseph A in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Singri N, Ahya SN, Levin ML. Acute Renal Failure. JAMA. 2003;289:747-51.
Miscellaneous
  • Rizvon M, Chou C. Surgery in the patient with liver disease. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:211-227. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Rizvon in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Manzullo E, Weed H. Perioperative issues in patients with cancer. Med Clin North Am. 2003;87:243-256. (No direct link to article available. Click on link above, enter Manzullo in the author field on the left of the screen and click Search.)
  • Kammerer and Gross’ Medical Consultation. Williams and Wilkins. 1998.
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