Perioperative Assessment and Management of the Surgical Patient - Spring 2008

Volume 59, Number 1
Spring 2008
 

Cover Photo by Mrs. Lee-Margaret Borland Lee-Margaret Borland, photographer and wife of DCMS Past President and Life Member James L. Borland, Jr., MD, captured a tricolored heron having a “Bad Feather Day,” when she was photographing local surroundings on Little Cayman Island. The heron was in a salt water marsh on a blustery day, so its plumage was ruffled... thus the “bad hair/feather” designation. Mrs. Borland recalls, “The heron’s beady eyes were on me the entire time I watched him, and he was not happy with me because I interrupted his fishing.” The articles in this issue address surgical patients who may feel as ruffled and “out of sorts” as this heron when they are told they must undergo surgery. Physicians who do the proper perioperative assessment and then manage the surgical event and patient skillfully, can often avoid the “beady eyes” and disgruntled spirits of those undergoing surgery. Visit www.throughthelensoflee-margaret.com  to view more of Mrs. Borland’s photographs

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Editorials and Community Articles

• From the Editor's Desk -  Will You Be One of the Few(er)?
• From the President’s Desk - Challenging Times Require Working Together

• Guest Editorial: Young Physician Award Recipient - Young Physicians Should "Show Up" to Shape the Future Health Care Environment

• Trends in Public Health  - Asthma in Duval County

Medical Feature Articles

• Guest Editors' Note: Outcomes of Surgical Patients Improve with Perioperative Assessment and Postoperative Management
  Jeffrey House, DO and Alan Halperin, MD, Guest Editors
   
• Co-management of the Surgical Patient: Perspectives from Medical Consultants and Surgeons
   Joan Huffman, MD and Alan K. Halperin, MD
   
• Perioperative Evaluation & Management of the Patient with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
  Jeffrey House, DO, FACP
   
• Perioperative Assessment and Management of the Patient with Pulmonary Disease
  Manish Relan, MD and Ravi K. Kancha, MD, PhD
   
• Perioperative Assessment and Management of the Patient with Diabetes
  Ravi K. Kancha, MD, PhD and Manish Relan, MD
   
• Management of Anticoagulation in the Perioperative Period
  Praveen Garg, MD, Jeffrey House, DO, FACP, and Fauzia Rana, MD

CME Article

• Lowering Physician Extender Liability: Effective Loss Prevention (CME)
  Cliff Rapp, LHRM, First Professionals Insurance Company

Special Articles

• 2008 Legislative Priorities

• Military Medicine Focuses 'Attention' on Patients

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