Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period

1. The Risks and Benefits of the Consensus Process
Rinaldo Bellomo

2. The Process of Consensus Building
Massimiliano Greco, Pier Carlo Bergonzi, Luca Cabrini

3. Noninvasive Ventilation to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Paolo Feltracco, Daniela Pasero, Laura Ruggeri

4. Role of Inhalational Anesthetic Agents in Reducing Perioperative Mortality
Murali Chakravarthy, Laura Ruggeri

5. Can Neuraxial Anesthesia Reduce Perioperative Mortality?
Caetano Nigro Neto, Alexandre Slullitel, John G. T. Augoustides

6. Role of Perioperative Hemodynamic Optimization in Reducing Perioperative Mortality
Agostino Roasio

7. Levosimendan to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Massimiliano Greco, Gianluca Paternoster, Daniela Mamo

8. Could Clonidine Contribute to a Reduction in Perioperative Mortality?
Massimiliano Conte, Roberto Martino, Enrico M. Camporesi

9. Perioperative β-Blocker Therapy and Survival
Hesham R. Omar, Devanand Mangar, Enrico M. Camporesi

10. Perioperative Supplemental Oxygen to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Antonio Pisano, Antonella Capasso

11. Leukocyte Depletion of Transfused Blood to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Antonella Capasso, Antonio Pisano

12. Chlorhexidine Oral Rinse to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Antonio Pisano, Antonella Capasso

13. Reducing Perioperative Mortality with Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation (IABP)
John G. T. Augoustides, Aris Sophocles, George Silvay

14. Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract
Luciano Silvestri, Hendrick K. F. Saene

15. Role of Insulin in Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period
Łukasz J. Krzych, Maciej T. Wybraniec

16. Aprotinin: Pharmacological Benefits and Safety Concerns
Andrea Székely, Daniel J. Lex, Béla Merkely

17. Consensus Conference on Perioperative Mortality: An Update
Marta Mucchetti, Giovanni Landoni

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgery, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology