Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room: An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

by Gross, Wendy L.

• ISBN13: 9781437704532
• ISBN10: 1437704530
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: SAUNDERS W B CO

Summary

This issue of the Anesthesiology Clinics provides essential updates for the anesthesiologist who performs procedures outside the operating room. All-important financial considerations are covered, including Medicare payments; and full costing versus differential costing, or "smoothing." Practice parameters are covered. Each specialty is addressed from the point of view of both a specialist and an anesthesiologist, including cardiology (EP and catheterization), gastroenterology (Endoscopy), and radiology (interventional). Transitional priorities are also covered, including consultation, pre-procedure patient assessment, patient safety, monitoring, and new ICU practices.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction: The Challenge of Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room	p. 1
Financial Considerations	p. 3
Introduction to Section 1: Financial Considerations	p. 5
Traditional Fee-for-Service Medicare Payment Systems and Fragmented Patient Care: The Backdrop for Non-Operating Room Procedures and Anesthesia Services	p. 7
Financial and Operational Analysis of Non-Operating Room Anesthesia: the Wrong Way Versus the Right Way	p. 17
Practice Parameters	p. 25
Introduction to Section 2: Practice Parameters	p. 27
The Role of the Out-of-Operating Room Anesthesiologist in the Care of the Cardiac Patient	p. 29
Anesthesia in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Electrophysiology Laboratory	p. 47
Anesthesiology and Gastroenterology	p. 57
Anesthesia for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures	p. 71
Interventional Radiology and Anesthesia	p. 87
Radiologists and Anesthesiologists	p. 95
Transitional Priorities	p. 107
Introduction to Section 3: Transitional Priorities	p. 109
Consultation, Communication, and Conflict Management by Out-of-Operating Room Anesthesiologists: Strangers in a Strange Land	p. 111
Out-of-Operating Room Procedures: Proprocedure Assessment	p. 121
Patient Safety: Anesthesia in Remote Locations	p. 127
Critical Monitoring Issues Outside the Operating Room	p. 141
The Evolution of the Anesthesiologist: Novel Preioperative Roles and Beyond	p. 157
Anesthesiology and Competitive Strategy	p. 167
Index	p. 175
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.