From foundational perioperative science to today's most demanding clinical decisions, Anesthesia in High-Risk Patients remains the essential reference and trusted learning resource for practitioners and trainees navigating the most complex patients in surgical medicine. Dr. Catherine Jefferson delivers current, evidence-aligned guidance on the clinical, physiologic, and decision-making challenges you face every day - whether you are managing a thoroughly ill patient before emergency surgery, preparing for anesthesia boards, or recertifying in perioperative medicine.
- Addresses the full spectrum of high-risk perioperative care alongside foundational clinical science, both the reasoning and the practical tools needed for safe management of the most challenging surgical patients
- Contains thoroughly structured content across thirty chapters covering cardiovascular disease, comprehensive respiratory failure, renal and hepatic dysfunction, neurological conditions, endocrine disorders, haematological complexity, obstetric anaesthesia, paediatric and congenital conditions, major vascular and cardiac surgery, emergency procedures, and intraoperative crisis management
- Provides focused guidance in high-priority areas including frailty and the elderly surgical patient, morbid obesity, difficult airway management, massive haemorrhage, goal-directed fluid therapy, lung-protective ventilation, perioperative pain management in organ dysfunction, shared decision-making, and patient safety culture
- Offers practical, decision-focused coverage of perioperative risk stratification, preoperative optimization, anaesthetic technique selection, intraoperative monitoring, postoperative complications, and recovery planning - all supported by clearly structured clinical frameworks, reference tables, and crisis algorithms designed for immediate bedside use
- Includes ten fully formatted clinical appendices covering preoperative assessment templates, airway planning documents, medication review guides, common risk-assessment tools, haemodynamic and respiratory reference tables, electrolyte and acid-base quick references, emergency drug and crisis protocols, perioperative documentation templates, postoperative handover checklists, and patient and family communication guides - all accessible instantly via QR code on the inside back cover in a beautifully formatted, print-ready clinical reference document, free and without login
A digital edition is available with purchase, allowing you to access all text, clinical frameworks, reference tables, and appendices with the ability to search, annotate, highlight, and return to the content you need - in the clinic, the anaesthetic room, or the ICU - wherever the case takes you
