Author and Editor Disclosures
 

Foreword: Why perioperative medicine matters more than ever
Amir K. Jaffer, MD, and Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

The preoperative evaluation and use of laboratory testing
Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

The surgical burden: How to prevent a crisis in perioperative medicine
Michael F. Roizen, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Anesthetics and anesthesia techniques: Impacts on perioperative management and postoperative outcomes
Brian M. Parker, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Cardiac risk stratification before noncardiac surgery
Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Perioperative cardiac risk reduction: Doing it right
Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco, California

Quality measurement: Who is measuring outcomes and what are patients being told?
Walter G. Maurer, MD, and Christopher J. Hebert, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Preoperative pulmonary evaluation: Identifying and reducing risks for pulmonary complications
Gerald W. Smetana, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Antibiotic prophylaxis against postoperative wound infections
Steven M. Gordon, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Managing perioperative risk in the hip fracture patient
Wael K. Barsoum, MD; Robert Helfand, MD; Viktor Krebs, MD; and Christopher Whinney, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Perioperative management of the bariatric surgery patient: Focus on cardiac and anesthesia considerations
Bipan Chand, MD; David Gugliotti, MD; Philip Schauer, MD; and Karen Steckner, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Ambulatory anesthesia: Preventing perioperative and postoperative complications
Raymond G. Borkowski, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Evaluating postoperative fever: A focused approach
James C. Pile, MD, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Septic shock in the postoperative patient: Three important management decisions
Ali Jahan, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Optimizing postoperative pain management
R. Michael Ritchey, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Nutritional issues in the surgical patient
Douglas L. Seidner, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Perioperative medication management: A case-based review of general principles
Wael Saber, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Preventing venous thromboembolism in surgical patients
Franklin A. Michota, Jr., MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Perioperative management of diabetes mellitus: How should we act on the limited evidence?
Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Anticoagulation management strategies for patients on warfarin who need surgery
Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Perioperative care of the elderly patient
Robert M. Palmer, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Optimizing the preoperative evaluation of patients with aortic stenosis or congestive heart failure prior to noncardiac surgery
Curtis M. Rimmerman, MD, MBA, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Minimizing perioperative complications in patients with renal insufficiency
Martin J. Schreiber, Jr., MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

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