About the book:

• A major revision of a classic anesthesia text
• Features recent advancements in addition to expanded coverage of classic topics in geriatric anesthesia
• Written by experts in the field

Content Level » Professional/practitioner

Preface to the Second Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Preface to the First Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Part I Introduction to Clinical Geriatrics
1 The Practice of Geriatric Anesthesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Jeffrey H. Silverstein
2 Demographics and Economics of Geriatric Patient Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Maria F. Galati and Roger D. London
3 Theories of Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Stanley Muravchick
4 Ethical Management of the Elderly Patient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Paul J. Hoehner
5 Teaching Geriatric Anesthesiology to Practitioners, Residents,
and Medical Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Sheila J. Ellis
6 Research Priorities in Geriatric Anesthesiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Christopher J. Jankowski and David J. Cook
Part II Cardinal Manifestations of Aging and Disease in the Elderly
7 Alterations in Metabolic Functions and Electrolytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Michael C. Lewis
8 Perioperative Thermoregulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Daniel I. Sessler
9 Postoperative Central Nervous System Dysfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Deborah J. Culley, Terri G. Monk, and Gregory Crosby
10 Alterations in Circulatory Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Thomas J. Ebert and G. Alec Rooke
11 The Aging Respiratory System: Anesthetic Strategies to
Minimize Perioperative Pulmonary Complications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Juraj Sprung, Ognjen Gajic, and
David O. Warner
12 Operative Debridements of Chronic Wounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Andrew M. Hanfl ik, Michael S. Golinko, Melissa Doft,
Charles Cain, Anna Flattau, and Harold Brem
Part III Anesthetic Management of the Aged Surgical Candidate
13 Preoperative Risk Stratifi cation and Methods to Reduce Risk . . . . . . . 181
Linda L. Liu and Jacqueline M. Leung
14 Anesthetic Implications of Chronic Medications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Tamas A. Szabo and R. David Warters
15 The Pharmacology of Opioids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Steven L. Shafer and Pamela Flood
16 Intravenous Hypnotic Anesthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Matthew D. McEvoy and J.G. Reves
17 Inhalational Anesthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Gary R. Haynes
18 Relaxants and Their Reversal Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cynthia A. Lien and Takahiro Suzuki
19 Management of Regional Anesthesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Bernadette Veering
20 Fluid Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Jessica Miller, Lee A. Fleisher, and Jeffrey L. Carson
21 Pain Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Jack M. Berger
22 Anesthesia Considerations for Geriatric Outpatients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Kathryn E. McGoldrick
Part IV Anesthesia for Common Surgical Procedures in the Aged
23 Sedation and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Sheila R. Barnett
24 Total Hip Replacement, Joint Replacement, and Hip Fracture . . . . . . 355
Idit Matot and Shaul Beyth
25 Transurethral Prostatectomy Syndrome and Other Complications
of Urologic Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Daniel M. Gainsburg
26 Thoracic Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Steven M. Neustein and James B. Eisenkraft
27 Cardiac Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
James H. Abernathy III
28 Vascular Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Leanne Groban and Sylvia Y. Dolinski
29 Abdominal Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Jeffrey H. Silverstein
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429