The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook

Molly Blackley Jackson, MD is an Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine at the University of Washington. Ronald Huang, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at the University of Washington. Elizabeth Kaplan, MD is an Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at the University of Washington. Somnath Mookherjee, MD is an Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine at the University of Washington.

Introduction.- The Preoperative Evaluation.-  Perioperative Medication Management.- Anesthesia Fundamentals.- Cardiovascular Risk Stratification.- Ischemic Heart Disease.- Congestive Heart Failure.- Atrial Fibrillation.- Hypertension.- Valvular Heart Disease.- Implantable Cardiac Devices.- Diabetes.- Stress Dose Steroids.- Thyroid Disease.- Hormone Therapy and Transgender Patients.- Liver Disease.- Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- Chronic Anticoagulation.- Disorders of Hemostasis.- Thrombophilias.- Thrombocytopenia.- Anemia.- Sickle Cell Disease.- Venous Thromboembolic Disease.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders.- Parkinson's Disease.- Spinal Cord Injury.- Chronic Pain.- Pulmonary Risk Assessment and Management.- Asthma and COPD.- Obstructive Sleep Apnea / Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.- Pulmonary Hypertension.- Special Topics in Lung Disease: Restrictive, Myesthenia Gravis.- Chronic Kidney Disease.- Acute Kidney Injury.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Systemic LupusErythematosus.- Gout and Pseudogout.- Decision-Making Capacity.- Elderly Patients and Frailty.- Nutrition.- Patients with Solid Organ Transplant.- Substance Use and Dependence.- Postoperative Evaluation and Care.- Postoperative Fever.- Postoperative Delirium.- Postoperative Ileus.- Postoperative Hypoxemia.- Postoperative Tachycardia.- Postoperative Emergencies.- Postoperative Electrolyte Abnormalities.- Acute Pain Management Pearls.- Surgical Procedures Overview.