This book uses a case-based approach to provide current information on a range of medical issues with the goal of enhancing preoperative evaluation and optimization. It meets the market need for a resource that concisely encapsulates current knowledge on the medical management of specific topics in a setting relevant to the preoperative clinic.  In so doing the book aims to improve patient care and safety, enhance resource use, facilitate appropriate and timely management of preexisting conditions and diminish patient concerns.

Organized into sections according to body system, each section consists of chapters delineating a specific disorder. Each chapter starts with a clinical vignette followed by a question-and-answer style investigation of the relevant issues. These questions attempt to address commonly encountered clinical dilemmas where opinion often differs between, and occasionally within, medical sub-specialties. Expertly written chapters are also supplemented bya number of chapters which address special considerations such as the frail patient and chronic opioid use.

Preoperative Assessment: A Case-Based Approach is an invaluable reference for all physicians involved in preoperative assessment including anesthesiologists, surgeons, internists, family doctors and residents in these fields. Nurse practitioners and other allied heath professionals involved in preoperative evaluation may also find this a book a valuable and timely resource.  

1. Preoperative Assessment and Optimization

PART I CARDIAC
2. The Cardiac Patient Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery.-  3. The Adult Congenital Cardiac Patient for Non-Cardiac Surgery
4. Hypertension
5. Cardiac Failure
6. Atrial Arrhythmias
7. Aortic Stenosis
8. Pulmonary Hypertension
9.Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
PART II VASCULAR
10. Carotid Endarterectomy
11. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
12. Marfan Syndrome
PART III PULMONARY.-13. Obstructive Sleep Apnea
14. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
15. Asthma
16. Restrictive Lung Disease
PART IV ENDOCRINE
17. Diabetes Mellitus
18. Hyperthyroidism
19. Adrenal Insufficiency.-20. Pituitary Adenoma.-21. Pheochromocytoma
PART V HEPATOBILIARY
22. Liver Dysfunction.-23. The Patient Presenting for Liver Transplantation
PART VI GASTROINTESTINAL.-24. Crohn's Disease
25. Carcinoid Tumor
PART VII RENAL
26. Chronic Kidney Disease and the Dialysis Patient
27. Non-transplant Surgeryfor the Transplant Patient.-PART VIII MUSCULOSKELETAL
28. Systemic Sclerosis
29. Rheumatoid Arthritis
30. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
31. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
IX NEUROLOGICAL
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Myasthenia Gravis
33. Ischemic Stroke
34. Parkinson Disease
35. Multiple Sclerosis
36. Intracranial Mass
X HEMATOLOGICAL
37. Easy Bruising
38. Thrombocytopenia
39. Long Term Anticoagulation
40. Venous Thromboembolic Disease
41. Anemia
42. Sickle Cell Disease
XI MISCELLANEOUS
43. The Pregnant Patient
44. The Psychiatric Patient
45. The Obese Patient Undergoing Non-Bariatric Surgery
46. The Frail Patient
47. The Opioid Tolerant Patient
48. Substance Abuse Disorder
49. Amyloidosis