Gender, Racial and Socioeconomic Issues in Perioperative Medicine, An issue of Anethesiology Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 43-1 - February 4, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Katherine Forkin, Lauren Dunn, Edward Nemergut
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 4 6 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 4 6 3 - 1
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Katherine Forkin, Lauren Dunn, and Edward Nemergut bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Gender, Racial and Socioeconomic Issues in Perioperative Medicine. Top experts discuss topics such as race, history of incarceration, and health literacy; sex considerations and homeless patients; racial differences in pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality; perioperative considerations regarding sex in solid organ transplantation; and more.
- Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including ethical issues confronting Muslim patients in perioperative and critical care environments: a survey of Islamic jurisprudence; gender differences in postoperative outcomes after cardiac surgery; role of gender and race in patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction; and more
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on gender, racial and socioeconomic issues in perioperative medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Anesthesiology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- Special Considerations Related to Race, Sex, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status in the Preoperative Evaluation: Part 1: Race, History of Incarceration, and Health Literacy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Race and ethnicity
- Racial differences in comorbidities
- Racial differences in preferences for care and the physician–patient relationship
- Patients with a history of incarceration
- Low health literacy
- Clinics care points
- Special Considerations Related to Race, Sex, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status in the Preoperative Evaluation: Part 2: Sex Considerations and Homeless Patients
- Key points
- Introduction
- Sex considerations
- Patients experiencing homelessness
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Influence of Patient Gender and Race on Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Perioperative Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- History
- Definitions
- Influence of gender and race on obstructive sleep apnea in the perioperative period – a discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Racism and Inequities in Maternal Health
- Key points
- Introduction
- Inequities in maternal health outcomes versus inequities in providing maternal care
- The links between race and health
- National efforts to reduce racial inequities in obstetrics and obstetric anesthesia
- Anesthesiologists’ roles in improving maternal care for Black mothers
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Racial Disparities in Pediatric Anesthesia: An Updated Review
- Key points
- Introduction
- Provider factors
- Patient factors
- Systemic factors
- Strategies for mitigating racial disparities
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Perioperative Considerations Regarding Sex in Solid Organ Transplantation
- Key points
- Organ donation
- Kidney
- Pancreas
- Liver
- Lung
- Heart
- Transgender transplant patients
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Perioperative Considerations for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients
- Key points
- Introduction
- Terminology and sexual orientation gender identity data
- Barriers to health care
- World professional association for transgender health
- Core elements of gender affirmation
- Preoperative
- Perioperative risk assessment
- Biopsychosocial factors
- Postoperative
- Temporal trends and perioperative outcomes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Genetics and Gender in Acute Pain and Perioperative Opioid Analgesia
- Key points
- Introduction
- Sex as a variable in experimental pain perception
- Sex hormones and pain perception in women
- Sex as a factor in acute postoperative pain
- Overall genetic variability in pain perception
- Single gene mutations—single-nucleotide polymorphisms and pain
- Metabolic pathway genetic polymorphisms and opioid analgesia
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Role of Gender and Race in Patient-Reported Outcomes and Satisfaction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Outcome measures in perioperative studies
- Specific tools for outcome domains
- Multi-dimensional tools for outcome domains
- Role of gender in patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction
- Role of race/ethnicity in patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction
- Role of socioeconomic status in patient reported outcomes and satisfaction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Optimizing Diversity to Improve Perioperative Team Performance
- Key points
- Introduction
- Diversity, power, and hierarchy
- Team performance and the roles of communication problems and interpersonal conflict
- Focus on theory: how diversity negatively affects communication and conflict
- Effects of gender and racial/ethnic diversity in teams: communication and conflict in the perioperative environment
- Maximizing the potential benefits of diversity in perioperative teams
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Advancing Equity and Inclusion: The Power of Flexible Scheduling and Alternative Staffing Models in Academic Anesthesiology
- Key points
- Introduction
- History of scheduling in anesthesia
- Current scheduling challenges in academic medicine
- The compounding problem of burnout
- Recognizing the power of flexible scheduling
- Application of flexibility
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Creation and Impact of Leadership Development Programs for Women in Medicine with a Focus on Anesthesiology
- Key points
- Introduction
- National leadership organizations
- Specialty-based programs
- Institution-based programs
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 43-1
- Published: February 4, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443294624
- eBook ISBN: 9780443294631