THE HIGH-RISK SURGICAL PATIENT

Defining the high-risk surgical patient
The frail patient in the operating room: practical steps to reduce the operative risk
The high risk surgical patients: the pathophysiologic perspective
Monitoring and interpretation of vital signs in the high risk surgical patients
Evaluation and critical care management of the burn patients
Acid-base abnormalities in surgical patients admitted to intensive care unit
Pre-operative cardiovascular risk assessment in non-cardiac general surgery
Post-operative liver failure and pre-operative evaluation of the risk of surgery in patients with liver disease
Radiology for surgeons: improving the diagnostic accuracy in the high risk surgical patient
Oncologic emergencies in patients undergoing major surgery
The paediatric high risk surgical patients
Difficult intubation in high-risk surgical patients
Recognition and early management of sepsis in frail patients
Preoperative evaluation for complex pulmonary surgery: how can we balance the risk?
Assessment of pre-operative risk in complex cardiac surgery
Patient safety in surgery: strategies to achieve the best outcomes in high-risk surgical patients
Strategies to reduce the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications
Prevention and management of perioperative neurological complications in high-risk surgical patients
Acute aortic syndrome: a high-risk missed diagnosis in ED
Percutaneous Interventional Treatment of Structural Heart Diseases (Non-coronary)
New technologies in urologic surgery: Robotic and minimally invasive procedures
New Trends in vascular surgery: less open and more endovascular procedures
New trends in laparoscopic procedures in the emergency abdominal surgery
New trends in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis
Point of Care US in the preoperative evaluation of the high-risk surgical patient requiring urgent non-cardiac surgery
Perioperative monitoring in the high-risk surgical patients: a step-by-step approach
High-risk pancreatic anastomosis: Prediction, mitigation, and management of postoperative pancreatic fistula?
Anaesthesia in high-risk surgical patients with uncommon diseases
Perioperative management and surgical challenges in patients with spinal cord dysfunction
Non-invasive ventilation in the high-risk surgical patients
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for critically ill patients in the emergency department
Perioperative management of major bleeding and coagulopathy in high-risk surgical patients
The endovascular management of post-operative bleeding
Evaluation and management of malnutrition in the high-risk surgical patient
The role of selective drug therapy in reducing mortality in the high- risk surgical patients
Mechanical Circulatory Support Strategies in Cardiogenic Shock
Evaluation and management of patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) requiring non-cardiac surgical procedures
Rescue surgery and failure to rescue
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for GI neoplasms in frail patients
Advanced therapeutic endoscopy for acute pancreatic and biliary diseases in frail patients
Appropriate perioperative therapy in patients with chronic heart failure undergoing surgery
Robot-assisted pancreatic surgery: safety and feasibility
Advanced laparoscopic liver surgery: a safe therapeutic option
Major complications in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
Major complications after oesophageal, gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery
Major complications of vascular surgery
Major complications of urologic surgery
Major complications

It is well known that certain diseases and patient conditions are associated with increased perioperative risk. The aim of this book is to define and identify the clinical factors that warrant a broader and more detailed assessment of pre-operative surgical risk in difficult and unusual clinical settings. One of the sections is dedicated to the main pathway of peri- and post-surgical critical care based on the patient-specific deterioration risk and associated diseases; here, a panel of selected experts describes the correct patient-oriented pathways for complex or unscheduled surgical operations in order to reduce the operative risk. In addition, the book describes the latest trends in minimally invasive surgical techniques that are associated with peri- and post-operative risk reduction, and provides an overview of recent advances in surgical simulation, focusing on perspectives in surgical research to increase patient safety.Guidance is also provided on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), and their management in patients requiring emergency surgery. The book will help surgical trainees recognize cases with the highest surgical risk and identify the most common complications at an early stage.