E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 33-3, 100 Seiten
Brown Geriatric Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-323-39552-6
Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 33-3, 100 Seiten
Reihe: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
ISBN: 978-0-323-39552-6
Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The volume of elderly patients requiring anesthesia and surgery is growing rapidly. Thirty-five percent of surgeries are performed on patients older than 65 years, and in general, these patients have higher morbidity and mortality rates after anesthesia compared with their younger counterparts. One of the major challenges of treating elderly patients is the heterogeneity of the geriatric population-and the need to individualize care for each patient to provide the best outcome.