Perioperative Care of the Elderly
Clinical and Organizational Aspects
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:16th Nov '17
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This innovative, comprehensive book covers key elements of perioperative management of older patients, from preoperative evaluation to post-hospital care.
This updated, innovative and comprehensive book uniquely integrates the educational needs of anaesthetists, surgeons, geriatricians, medical directors and nurses dealing with geriatric surgery. It allows them to speak the same language, share the same goals, incorporate each other's knowledge and develop both technical and non-technical skills.This innovative, comprehensive book covers the key elements of perioperative management of older patients. The book's chapter structure coincides with the clinical path patients tread during their treatment, from preoperative evaluation to post-hospital care. Epidemiological aspects and aging processes are illustrated, providing keys to understanding the quick expansion of geriatric surgery and defining the clinical profile of older surgical patients in a cybernetic perspective. Preoperative evaluation and preparation for surgery, including medication reconciliation and pre-habilitation, are developed in the light of supporting decision-making about surgery in an evidence-based and patient-focused way. Intra- and postoperative management are discussed, aiming to tailor anesthetic, surgical and nursing approaches to specific patients' needs, in order to prevent both general and age-related complications. This volume also addresses issues relevant to geriatric surgery, from different organizational models to clinical risk management and systems engineering applied to hospital organization.
'[Perioperative Care of the Elderly is] a very comprehensive volume that deserves a place on the surgical ward and operating theatre coffee room. … I would strongly recommend the book for specialty trainees in anaesthesia and surgery. Those in geriatric medicine will find certain sections of use, particularly to understand the work of our anaesthetic and surgical colleagues.' Shane O'Hanlon, British Geriatrics Society (www.bgs.org.uk)
ISBN: 9781107139343
Dimensions: 253mm x 192mm x 22mm
Weight: 980g
376 pages