Drain's perianesthesia nursing : a critical care approach / edited by Jan Odom-Forren - Sixth edition. - St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier, c2013. - xvi, 859 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

The postanesthesia care unit --
Space planning and basic equipment systems --
Perianesthesia nursing as a specialty --
Management and policies --
Crisis resource management in the PACU --
Infection prevention and control in the PACU --
The changing health care system and its implications for the PACU --
Patient safety and legal issues in the PACU --
Ethics in perianesthesia nursing --
Evidence-based practice and research --
Physiologic considerations in the PACU --
The nervous system --
The cardiovascular system --
The respiratory system --
The renal system --
Fluids and electrolytes --
The endocrine system --
The hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal system --
The integumentary system --
The immune system --
Concepts in anesthetic agents --
Basic principles of pharmacology --
Inhalation anesthesia --
Nonopioid intravenous anesthetics --
Opioid intravenous anesthetics --
Neuromuscular blocking agents --
Local anesthetics --
Regional anesthesia --
Nursing care in the PACU --
Transition from the operating room to the PACU --
Assessment and monitoring of the perianesthesia patient --
Patient education and care of the perianesthesia patient --
Postanesthesia care complications --
Assessment and management of the airway --
Pain management --
Care of the ear, nose, throat, neck, and maxillofacial surgical patient --
Care of the ophthalmic surgical patient --
Care of the thoracic surgical patient --
Care of the cardiac surgical patient --
Care of the vascular surgical patient --
Care of the orthopedic surgical patient --
Care of the neurosurgical patient --
Care of the thyroid and parathyroid surgical patient --
Care of the gastrointestinal, abdominal, and anorectal surgical patient --
Care of the genitourinary surgical patient --
Care of the obstetric and gynecologic surgical patient --
Care of the breast surgical patient --
Care of the plastic and reconstructive surgical patient --
Care of the obese patient undergoing bariatric surgery --
Care of the ambulatory surgical patient --
Care of the laser/laparoscopic surgical patient --
Special considerations --
Care of the patient with chronic disorders --
Care of the pediatric patient --
Care of the older patient --
Care of the pregnant patient --
Care of the substance-using patient --
Care of the patient with thermal imbalance --
Care of the shock trauma patient --
Care of the intensive care unit patient in the PACU --
Bioterrorism and its impact on the PACU --
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the PACU

Drain's Perianesthesia Nursing: A Critical Care Approach, 6th Edition is the most comprehensive book on the market specifically tailored to perianesthesia nurses. The book features five distinct sections - the PACU, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, nursing care, and special considerations. Nursing and pharmacologic interventions are integrated with in-depth coverage of pathophysiology. This edition expands coverage of evidence based research and adds a new chapter on care of the obese patient undergoing bariatric surgery.

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POSTANESTHESIA NURSING -- METHODS
ANESTHESIA -- NURSING
ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD

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