Description

New and revised art is provided throughout the book.

• New Pros & Cons boxes throughout text examine the two

sides of a patient care topic and provide references for further

reading.

• Updated references highlight the evidence-based practice

approach used in the book.

• Terminology and key words have been updated to refl ect modern

practice.

• Each chapter has been revised to emulate current practice and

knowledge, specifi cally:

• New images showing the color-coded hoses for anesthesia

gas machines, outlets for anesthetic connections, and electrical

receptacles. ( Chapter 10 )

• New tables on absorbable sutures, nonabsorbable sutures,

and barbed sutures were created for a quick reference on

these suture types. A new image was added showing generic

suture packet information. ( Chapter 28 )

• New photographs showing diff erent craniofacial abnormalities

of children. ( Chapter 41 )

This new edition of this classic perioperative text has addressed

changing roles, needs, and evolving technologies while

maintaining the fundamental focus that still remains valid―the

care of the surgical patient. Th is edition of the text identifi es the

knowledge and skill needs of the caregiver and strives to incorporate

components of patient care from preoperative, intraoperative,

and postoperative practice areas. A systems approach is introduced

to help organize patient care to minimize the risk for human error.