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Perioperative Medicine

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Perioperative Medicine in Pediatric Anesthesia

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Perioperative medicine is the practice of medicine that relates to and encompasses all aspects of care provided to patients from the moment surgery is considered the primary treatment to when patients are discharged from the hospital after the operation. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs can be considered a well-established clinical model of perioperative medicine. Anesthesiologists possess extensive perioperative knowledge and skills to be considered the ideal perioperative physician. However, before being undisputedly considered a true perioperative speciality, anesthesiology must face important challenges, such as redesigning a cohesive and consensus-based perioperative medicine curriculum, and expand the horizons of anesthesia research beyond the operating room.

This introductory chapter defines perioperative medicine, presents a clinical model of perioperative medicine, explores the most common areas of perioperative medicine, and discusses the role of anesthesiologists as perioperative physicians.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Gabriele Baldini MD, MSc

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  1. UCO di Anestesia e Rianimazione, AO-U Policlinico di Catania, Catania, Italy

    Marinella Astuto

  2. MUHC Montreal Children’s Hosp, McGill Un, Department of Anesthesia, Montreal, Canada

    Pablo M Ingelmo

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Baldini, G. (2016). Perioperative Medicine. In: Astuto, M., Ingelmo, P. (eds) Perioperative Medicine in Pediatric Anesthesia. Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21960-8_1

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