Deepak Chandrasekharan

Wellcome Clinical Research Fellow

UCL, London, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA – Oct 2015 (ongoing)

Latest Contribution

Perioperative management of the head and neck cancer patient

1 March 2019 | | ENTA-Head & Neck | Antibiotic prophylaxis, Anticoagulation, Head and neck cancer, Malnutrition, Perioperative recovery, Supplementation

The perioperative care of patients with head and neck cancer is complex and requires significant preoperative planning and patient education. The issues include analgesia, antibiotics, stoma and wound care, general and chest physiotherapy, thromboprophylaxis and nutrition. This article provides a...

Discharge planning

9 October 2017 | | Anesthesia, Discharge criteria, PONV, Recovery

For a specialty such as ENT in which so many procedures are performed as day case surgery, there is a pressing need for objective discharge criteria to facilitate safe decision making post-op. This review strikes a good balance between prescriptive...

Preoperative planning of the surgical patient

9 October 2017 | | Airway assessment, Medical history, Medication reconciliation, Patient preparation, Perioperative antibiotics, Postoperative analgesia, Postoperative nausea and vomiting, Transference of care

This article covers the need to effectively optimise patient status preoperatively to help maximise postoperative outcomes. The article is well written and emphasises close liaison with anaesthetic colleagues particularly regarding airway assessment and nausea and vomiting. As is becoming common...