Preanesthetic Assessment 2

ISBN-13: 9780817634308 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 364 str.

E. Frost

Opis

The primary mission of the medical school is to create new doctors. Once the medical student has received his or her doctorate, the medical school's interest in, and acceptance of, responsibility for the continued professional development of the physician ceases almost entirely. Yet, with scientific advances in medicine increasing exponentially and the inevitable erosion of memory with time, teachings from our schools of medicine become increasingly irrelevant, forgotten, or both. To maintain competence, the physician must continuously re-educate him- or herself. CME-Continuing Medical Education-will probably never attain the status of the medical school's degree-granting undergraduate program, but medical schools and their faculties must recognize their responsibil ity, not only for creating competent physicians but also for maintaining that competence. With these words I introduced the first volume of Preanesthetic Assessment in 1986. The series was a product of a Continuing Medical Education program initiated by the Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Controversy continues to exist over the lasting educational value of conferences that bring physicians together. Moreover, because of time or financial con straints, only a small number of anesthesiologists are able to attend seminars on a frequent basis. By producing a monthly, current, clinical series in conjunction with Anesthesiology News over these 4 years, we have been able to make state-of-the-art analyses available to all anesthesiologists."

Spis treści

1. The Patient with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.- 2. The Patient with Pituitary Disease.- 3. The Patient with Sickle Cell Anemia.- 4. The Patient for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty.- 5. The Infant with Meningomyelocele.- 6. The Infant with Tracheoesophageal Fistula and Esophageal Atresia.- 7. The Burned Patient.- 8. The Patient with Sepsis.- 9. The Patient for Pulmonary Lobectomy.- 10. The Patient for Hepatic Transplantation.- 11. The Patient for Electroconvulsive Therapy.- 12. The Lithotriptor Patient.- 13. The Patient for Cervical Cerclage.- 14. The Patient with an Intracranial Tumor.- 15. The Child with an Open Eye Injury.- 16. The Patient with Maxillofacial Injury.- 17. The Patient with Hydrocephalus.- 18. The Patient for Prostatic Surgery.- 19. The Patient for Thyroidectomy.- 20. The Patient with Chickenpox.- 21. The Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 22. The Patient for Outpatient Cataract Surgery.- 23. The Patient with Peripheral Vascular Disease.- 24. The Patient with Parkinson’s Disease.- Self-Assessment Questions.- Answers to Self-Assessment Questions.