TY  - BOOK
AU  - Silverstein,Jeffrey H.
AU  - Rooke,G.Alec
AU  - Reves,J.G.
AU  - McLeskey,Charles H.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Geriatric Anesthesiology
SN  - 9780387725277
U1  - 617.96 23
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Springer New York
KW  - MEDICINE
KW  - ANESTHESIOLOGY
KW  - GERIATRICS
KW  - MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH
KW  - GERIATRICS/GERONTOLOGY
N1  - to Clinical Geriatrics -- The Practice of Geriatric Anesthesia -- Demographics and Economics of Geriatric Patient Care -- Theories of Aging -- Ethical Management of the Elderly Patient -- Teaching Geriatric Anesthesiology to Practitioners, Residents, and Medical Students -- Research Priorities in Geriatric Anesthesiology -- Cardinal Manifestations of Aging and Disease in the Elderly -- Alterations in Metabolic Functions and Electrolytes -- Perioperative Thermoregulation -- Postoperative Central Nervous System Dysfunction -- Alterations in Circulatory Function -- The Aging Respiratory System: Anesthetic Strategies to Minimize Perioperative Pulmonary Complications -- Operative Debridements of Chronic Wounds -- Anesthetic Management of the Aged Surgical Candidate -- Preoperative Risk Stratification and Methods to Reduce Risk -- Anesthetic Implications of Chronic Medications -- The Pharmacology of Opioids -- Intravenous Hypnotic Anesthetics -- Inhalational Anesthetics -- Relaxants and Their Reversal Agents -- Management of Regional Anesthesia -- Fluid Management -- Pain Management -- Anesthesia Considerations for Geriatric Outpatients -- Anesthesia for Common Surgical Procedures in the Aged -- Sedation and Monitoring -- Total Hip Replacement, Joint Replacement, and Hip Fracture -- Transurethral Prostatectomy Syndrome and Other Complications of Urologic Procedures -- Thoracic Procedures -- Cardiac Procedures -- Vascular Procedures -- Abdominal Procedures
N2  - Geriatric Anesthesiology highlights both essential knowledge and recent breakthroughs of importance in the field. This completely updated second edition, edited by leaders in this rapidly growing field, is a major revision of the classic anesthesia text. Geriatric Anesthesiology will deepen understanding of anesthetic management of the geriatric patient
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72527-7
ER  -