Chris Dodds, Chandra M Kumar, Frederique Servin

Anaesthesia for the Elderly Patient

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of Anaesthesia for the Elderly Patient offers a fully up-to-date, comprehensive introduction to the major clinical issues facing anaesthetists working with elderly patients.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9780198735571
• ISBN-10: 019873557X
• Artikelnr.: 47397530

Autorenporträt

Professor Chris Dodds is a retired Consultant Anaesthetist at the Department of Anaesthesia, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK. Professor Chandra M. Kumar is a Senior Consultant in Anaesthesia at the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore. Dr Frédérique Servin is a Consultant in Anaesthesia in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Definitions, social trends and epidemiology
* 2: Pathophysiological changes of ageing and their relevance to
anaesthesia
* 3: Anaesthetic pharmacology in the elderly
* 4: Pre-operative assessment and preparation of elderly patients
undergoing major surgery
* 5: Day case anaesthesia in the elderly
* 6: Emergency anaesthesia in the elderly
* 7: Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery in the elderly
* 8: Anaesthesia for major abdominal surgery in the elderly
* 9: Neurosurgery in the elderly
* 10: Urological and gynaecological surgery in the elderly
* 11: Post-operative care and analgesia
* 12: Intensive care and the elderly
* 13: Non-theatre anaesthesia and the elderly
* 14: Cognitive dysfunction and sleep disorders
* 15: Ethics and the law involving elderly