Week 15: Surgical principles on intensive care

Topics to consider

• Emergency vs elective surgical admissions

• Enhanced recovery and the goal of critical care

• What to do about medications in the perioperative period - Diabetic agents? Steroids? Anti-epileptics? Analgesia? Cardiac medications?

• Drains - what are they, were do they go, and what should you do if they fall out?

• Troubleshooting the surgical patient: How do you tell if they've leaked?

Key resources

Perioperative medicine

• Perioperative medicine and the MDT (BJAEd)

• ERAS in: GI surgery, orthopaedics, and obstetrics (BJAEd)

Analgesia

• Analgesia for the critically ill patient (IBCC)

• Analgesia in ICU - part 1 and part 2 (BJAEd)

• An introduction to analgesia (SAVEd)

High risk patients and readmissions

• Risk factors for admission (Anaesthesia)

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