Reseña del libro "Restless Legs Syndrome - Perioperative Management of RLS (en Inglés)"
Four triggers in a single day. Lying still, a sleepless night, blood loss and a handful of medicines that block precisely the messenger substance that matters in RLS: an operation brings together in a few hours everything that makes restless legs worse. And what goes wrong in the process usually goes wrong not in the operating theatre but on the ward. This volume shows what can be planned in advance: the anaesthetic consultation, the iron value, the question of which medicines continue and who decides that, and how to handle the morning with nothing by mouth. Along with one sheet of paper that survives every handover. After that it turns to the time following the incision: anti-sickness drugs that wake the legs, painkillers that help and confuse at once, the first night with light, noise and observations, and the blood loss that empties the iron store. How thin the evidence is on all this is stated openly. WHAT IS IN THE BOOK- Can an operation trigger an RLS that was never there before?- Agitation, anxiety, delirium or RLS: the confusions in hospital- The anaesthetic consultation and the iron value beforehand- One sheet of paper: your own plan for the operation- General anaesthesia or spinal anaesthesia- When nothing may be swallowed: how the medicine still works- Anti-sickness drugs and painkillers after the operation- Special situations: caesarean section, dialysis, children, intensive care WHO THIS BOOK IS FORFor patients facing planned surgery, for relatives who will be there in hospital and can step in, and for nurses and doctors caring for this group of patients. ABOUT THE SERIESVolume 44 of 52 in the book series on restless legs syndrome, part "Everyday Life and Self-Help". Every volume can be read on its own. The statements in this volume rest on 137 professional sources, each one listed individually in the reference section.
