Perioperative Addiction - Clinical Management of the Addicted Patient

Perioperative Addiction addresses an issue that every anesthesiologist will encounter many times during the course of his or her career: the patient who arrives for operative care under the influence of legal or illegal drugs. The editors and contributors provide expert guidance on how to identify and manage the addicted patient, approaching the subject from the vantage points of the specific drug and of special patient populations.

Features:
· Guidance for spotting and managing addicted patients
· All common and important drugs of addiction, from opioids, cocaine, club drugs, and alcohol, to tobacco, marijuana, nitrous oxide, inhalants, and propofol
· Special populations, including pregnant women, pain patients, adolescents, older patients, and healthcare professionals
· Fascinating overview of the long history of addiction
· Genetic basis of addiction, and the range of pharmacological treatments for addiction

List of contents

Dedication.- Foreword.- Preface- Part I: Background.- Chapter 1: A History of Addiction in Medical Personnel.- Chapter 2: The Genetic Basis of Addiction.- Chapter 3: Pharmacologic Treatments for Addiction.- Part II: Specific Drugs.- Chapter 4: The Anesthetic Implications of Opioid Addiction .- Chapter 5: The Cocaine-Addicted Patient.- Chapter 6: Club Drugs.- Chapter 7: Anesthesia and Alcohol Addiction.- Chapter 8: Tobacco, the Smoking Gun?.- Chapter 9: Marijuana, nitrous oxide and other inhaled drugs.- Chapter 10: Propofol Abuse.- Part III: Specific Populations.- Chapter 11: Drugs, Alcohol and Pregnant Women: Anesthetic implications for mother and newborn.- Chapter 12: Prescription drugs: Implications for the chronic pain patient.- Chapter 13: The Addicted Adolescent Patient.- Chapter 14: The Addicted Geriatric Patient.- Chapter 15: The Drug-Seeking Healthcare Professional.- Chapter 16: Non-narcotic anesthetic options for the patient in recovery from substance abuse.

About the author

Ethan O. Bryson, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
Elizabeth A.M. Frost, MBChB, DRCOG
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

Summary

Perioperative Addiction addresses an issue that every anesthesiologist will encounter many times during the course of his or her career:  the patient who arrives for operative care under the influence of legal or illegal drugs.  The editors and contributors provide expert guidance on how to identify and manage the addicted patient, approaching the subject from the vantage points of the specific drug and of special patient populations.
 
Features: 
·         Guidance for spotting and managing addicted patients
·         All common and important drugs of addiction, from opioids, cocaine, club drugs, and alcohol, to tobacco, marijuana, nitrous oxide, inhalants, and propofol
·         Special populations, including pregnant women, pain patients, adolescents, older patients, and healthcare professionals
·         Fascinating overview of the long history of addiction
·         Genetic basis of addiction, and the range of pharmacological treatments for addiction
 

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From the reviews:
“This is really a combination of two books, one about the perioperative management of patients with addiction, and one about substance abuse among physicians, particularly anesthesia providers. … The chapter on the history of addiction in medical personnel is fantastic and richly illustrated. … This is a unique contribution to the literature. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in the topic, including program directors and specialists in addiction medicine.” (Michael F. O’Connor, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2012)
“Overall, this is a praiseworthy textbook that provides a thorough overview of perioperative addiction.  The diverse information provided can serve as an authoritative reference on this subject.  In addition, the organization of information into preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases can function as a valuable bedside guide on how best to care for this challenging patient population.” (Geoff Alexander Bellingham, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol. 59, 2012)

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From the reviews:
"This is really a combination of two books, one about the perioperative management of patients with addiction, and one about substance abuse among physicians, particularly anesthesia providers. ... The chapter on the history of addiction in medical personnel is fantastic and richly illustrated. ... This is a unique contribution to the literature. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in the topic, including program directors and specialists in addiction medicine." (Michael F. O'Connor, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2012)
"Overall, this is a praiseworthy textbook that provides a thorough overview of perioperative addiction. The diverse information provided can serve as an authoritative reference on this subject. In addition, the organization of information into preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases can function as a valuable bedside guide on how best to care for this challenging patient population." (Geoff Alexander Bellingham, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol. 59, 2012)

Product details

• Assisted by: A M Frost (Editor), A M Frost (Editor), Ethan O. Bryson (Editor), Elizabeth A. M. Frost (Editor), Etha O Bryson (Editor), Ethan O Bryson (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781461401698
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-0169-8
• No. of pages: 290
• Weight: 580 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 290 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; B, Medicine, Surgery, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Anesthesiology, Clinical & internal medicine