| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Forewords -- Preface -- Introduction: Population Aging, Healthcare Systems and Surgery -- Section 1 Preoperative Evaluation -- Chapter 1 Aging and Age-related Functional Changes -- Chapter 2 Preoperative Evaluation from Traditional Consultation to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: A 360° Perspective -- Chapter 3 Comorbidities and Multimorbidity -- Chapter 4 Poly-medication and Perioperative Medication Management -- Chapter 5 Assessment of Functional Reserve -- Chapter 6 Cognitive and Emotional Evaluation -- Chapter 7 Sensorial Evaluation and Impact of Visual and Hearing Impairment on Communication -- Chapter 8 Preoperative Testing -- Chapter 9 Team-based Discussion on Preoperative Evaluation and Decision-making About Surgery -- Chapter 10 Communication and Informed Consent -- Chapter 11 Preoperative Care in Emergency Surgery -- Section 2 Preparation for Surgery -- Chapter 12 Prehabilitation: How to Enhance Cardio-respiratory Functional Reserve Before Surgery -- Chapter 13 Diagnosis and Treatment of Nutritional Deficits -- Chapter 14 Prevention of Cognitive Complications -- Chapter 15 Psychological Support in Elderly Surgical Patients -- Chapter 16 The Role of Geriatric Nurses in Preparing the Elderly for Surgery -- Section 3 Intraoperative Management -- Chapter 17 Entering the Operating Theater: A Challenging Experience -- Chapter 18 Safety in the Operating Room: Special Needs of Geriatric Patients -- Chapter 19 The Geriatric Patient and Anesthesia -- Chapter 20 Regional Anesthesia Techniques -- Chapter 21 Fluids and Electrolytes Management -- Chapter 22 Surgery in the Elderly: General Considerations -- Chapter 23 Cancer Surgery and the Elderly -- Chapter 24 Orthopedic Surgery -- Chapter 25 Cardiovascular Surgery -- Chapter 26 Thoracic Surgery |
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Plates -- Chapter 27 Abdominal Surgery -- Chapter 28 Day Surgery and Office-based Procedures -- Chapter 29 Cataract Surgery -- Section 4 Postoperative Management -- Chapter 30 The Elderly in the Recovery Room -- Chapter 31 Endocrine and Metabolic Response to Surgical Stress in the Elderly -- Chapter 32 Postoperative Pain Treatment -- Chapter 33 General Principles of Postoperative Recovery -- Chapter 34 Fast-track and ERAS Programs in Geriatric Surgery -- Chapter 35 Postoperative Nursing -- Chapter 36 Cardiovascular Complications -- Chapter 37 Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism in the Elderly: Prevention and Treatment -- Chapter 38 Treatment of Postoperative Delirium -- Chapter 39 Postoperative Respiratory Complications -- Chapter 40 Renal Complications -- Chapter 41 Postoperative Admission to the Intensive Care Unit -- Chapter 42 Prevention of Postoperative Geriatric Syndromes -- Chapter 43 Planning for Discharge -- Chapter 44 Ethics in Geriatric Surgery, End-of-Life and Palliative Care -- Section 5 Key Issues for Optimal Organization -- Chapter 45 Models of Care and Organizational Solutions for Geriatric Surgery -- Chapter 46 Hospital Design for the Elderly Surgical Patient -- Chapter 47 Patient Safety, Ergonomics and Clinical Risk Management -- Chapter 48 Systemic Approach to Management in Geriatric Surgery: Methods and Tools -- Chapter 49 Systems Engineering in Geriatric Surgery: The Contribution of Modeling and Simulation -- Chapter 50 Closing the Loop: How the Elderly Live the Experience of Surgery -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Nov 2017) |
| Subject |
Preoperative care.
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Preoperative Care
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Preoperative care
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bettelli, Gabriella, editor
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| ISBN |
9781316488782 |
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1316488780 |
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1107139341 |
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9781107139343 |
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