In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editor Dr. Shamsuddin Akhtar brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Geriatric Anesthesia. Top experts in the field discuss central nervous system changes in older adultsdata science and geriatric anesthesia researchaging, COVID, and perioperative carebalancing efficiency, empathy, safety, and qualitypain management in older adultsand more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. x 7. Foreword - p. xi 8. Preface - p. xiii 9. Perioperative Pulmonary Complications in the Older Adults: The Forgotten System - p. 1 10. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Changes in the Older Adults: Impact on Anesthetics - p. 19 11. Update on Perioperative Delirium - p. 37 12. Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in the Older Adults - p. 51 13. Liver Transplantation and the Older Adults Candidate: Perioperative Considerations - p. 65 14. Perioperative Fluid Management - p. 83 15. Data Science and Geriatric Anesthesia Research: Opportunity and Challenges - p. 101 16. Efficiency, Safety, Quality, and Empathy: Balancing Competing Perioperative Challenges in the Older Adults - p. 117 17. Pain Management in the Older Adults: A Narrative Review - p. 131
In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editor Dr. Shamsuddin Akhtar brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Geriatric Anesthesia. Top experts in the field discuss central nervous system changes in older adultsdata science and geriatric anesthesia researchaging, COVID, and perioperative carebalancing efficiency, empathy, safety, and qualitypain management in older adultsand more.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. x 7. Foreword - p. xi 8. Preface - p. xiii 9. Perioperative Pulmonary Complications in the Older Adults: The Forgotten System - p. 1 10. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Changes in the Older Adults: Impact on Anesthetics - p. 19 11. Update on Perioperative Delirium - p. 37 12. Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in the Older Adults - p. 51 13. Liver Transplantation and the Older Adults Candidate: Perioperative Considerations - p. 65 14. Perioperative Fluid Management - p. 83 15. Data Science and Geriatric Anesthesia Research: Opportunity and Challenges - p. 101 16. Efficiency, Safety, Quality, and Empathy: Balancing Competing Perioperative Challenges in the Older Adults - p. 117 17. Pain Management in the Older Adults: A Narrative Review - p. 131
