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Perioperative Medicine: An Overview

Dr Noelle Healy1†,  Dr Pádraig Ó Scanaill2, Dr Andrea Haren3

1Specialist Anaesthesia Trainee, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2Consultant in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

3Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Edited by: Alison Jackson, Specialist Anaesthetist, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand

†Corresponding author email: noellehealy5@gmail.com

Published August 1, 2023

Abstract

Perioperative Medicine describes an evolving speciality dedicated to the integrated multidisciplinary care of patients undergoing surgery. Several teams are involved in delivering care. It begins at the contemplation of surgery and continues up to the point of full recovery.

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