Table of Contents

1. Perioperative medicine: defining the anaesthesiologist’s role in shaping perioperative outcomes; Stundner O and Memtsoudis SG.

2. Prehabilitation; Durrand J, Hackett R, Yates D, Danjoux G.

3. Impact of co-morbidities, physiological status and age on survival; Carlisle J.

4. Transthoracic echocardiography in the preoperative clinic; Canty DJ and Royse CF.

5. Defining postoperative quality of recovery; Bowyer A and Royse CF.

7. Perioperative beta-blockade: the pros and cons. The story of beta-blockade and cardiac protection; Higham H and Foëx P.

8. Perioperative management of the diabetic patient; Soldevila D, Lucas AM, Zavala R, Mauricio D.

9. Perioperative management of non-diabetic patients with hyperglycaemia (stress-induced hyperglycaemia); Giménez-Pérez G, Salinas I, Puig-Domingo M and Mauricio D.

10. Postoperative Pulmonary Complications; Forrest P.

11. Haemostatic resuscitation for perioperative bleeding; Spinella PC, Pidcoke HF and Cap AP.

12. Fluid therapy in trauma; James MFM and Chappell DPD.

13. Role of multimodal monitoring in the perioperative period: improving outcomes in high-risk surgical patients; Green D.

14. Can perioperative interventions during cancer surgery affect recurrence or metastasis?; Abdelrahman D and Buggy DJ.

15. Transverse abdominis plane block: evolution and current understanding; O’Leary R-A and McDonnell JG.

16. Future ultrasound technologies for the perioperative physician; McLeod G.

17. Lung ultrasound in anaesthesia and critical care medicine; Canty DJ, Haji K, Denault A and Royse, A.

18. The acute pain team; Edwards DA, Kent M, Le-Wendling L and Tighe PJ.

19. The transition of acute post-operative pain to acute persistent pain to chronic pain: assessing and managing the risks; Shipton EA.

About the Author

Karen Stuart-Smith was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, and graduated in Physiology and Medicine from the University of Glasgow. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and has enjoyed a long career as a clinical anaesthetist. Early training in cardiorespiratory research led to an enthusiasm for applying scientific methodology to clinical practice, and she is also a passionate believer in the role of clinical audit in assessing the quality of patient care. Karen presently resides in New Zealand, where she continues to practice as an anaesthetist and enjoys the outdoor lifestyle in her spare time.