Arch and Great Vessel Reconstruction with Debranching Techniques
■ An arterial phase CT angiogram should evaluate the entire length of the aorta, from the level of the skull base proximally to the femoral heads distally, to ensure visualization of…
Vertebral Transposition Techniques and Stenting
■ Evaluation of patients with posterior circulation ischemia requires defining the precise circumstances that elicit symptoms. Vertigo, instability, and occasional loss of consciousness often accompany positional changes and standing in older…
8: Preoperative Care
Figure 8.2 A day-of-admission unit facility. Figure 8.3 A day-of-admission unit. Inpatient Surgery and Day of Admission The majority of inpatients arrive in the hospital on the day of surgery…
21: Medical Imaging and Radiation
Ionising radiation risks Ionising radiation can cause biological damage to tissues. Damage is at a cellular level and can be minor and imperceptible, posing no long-term risk. It can also…
23: Postoperative Care
From Royal College of Anaesthetists (2009), British Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing Association (2005) and ASPAN (2010a). The evidence supporting PACU staffing numbers is limited and in the majority of incidences,…
24: Pain Management
Extensive work has also been undertaken by the Oxford Pain Research Group www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/PRintro.html) and the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine (ANZCA 2010) who…
27: Care of the Adolescent in Surgery
Communication with Young People Adolescence defined by the WHO acknowledged the transitional nature of this life stage and the inherent variation between biological and emotional maturity and socio-cultural contexts (RCN…
9: Anaesthetic Care
Traditionally, anaesthesia is viewed as being in four stages and the object is to obtain the third stage as quickly and smoothly as possible: Stage 1 – Disordered consciousness. This…
26: Paediatric Surgery
These patients require close monitoring in the post-anaesthetic care unit (PACU) as they can collapse due to reperfusion injury following reduction of the intussusception. Foreign body in the airway Small…
