Challenging patient groups

This article focuses on those patients that do not necessarily fit a systems-based approach of classification. Many of these patients present challenges to the clinicians involved with perioperative care and so it is important to have a good understanding of how they should be managed. This article will focus on elderly patients, pregnant patients presenting for non-obstetric surgery, obese patients and immunocompromised patients. We have chosen to focus on key aspects of preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care for each patient group, highlighting the physiological basis of such recommendations.
Source: Surgery (Oxford) - Category: Surgery Source Type: research