Editors: Bharathi Gourkanti, Dinesh Chaudhry, Irwin Gratz, Keyur Trivedi, Erin Pukenas

Geriatric Anesthesia: A Practical Guide

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ISBN: 978-981-5238-88-4 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5238-87-7 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2024
DOI: 10.2174/97898152388771240101

Introduction

Geriatric Anesthesia: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive reference on geriatric anesthesia. The book is divided into three sections. The first section covers the basics of both anatomical and physiological changes in senescence, and important polypharmacy considerations common in elderly patients. The next section covers anesthesia for cardiac and non-surgical patients. Various controversies and legal ethical issues that are particularly significant in the elderly such as advance directives, code status discussions, specific patient groups and shared decision-making prior to surgical interventions, are covered in the final section.

Key Features:

  • -20 referenced chapters covering basic geriatric anesthesia considerations, cardiac and non-surgical patients and special topics, respectively
  • -Contributions and references from experienced anesthesiologists
  • -Emphasis on tailoring perioperative management depending on specific circumstances of patients
  • -Addresses novel and commonly overlooked topics related to the geriatric population

This book is a guide for both anesthesia providers and non-anesthesia medical providers, trainees and students. It equips them with necessary information to understand and devise anesthetic plans while being aware of postoperative complications and the respective treatment and management options.

Readership:

Anesthesia providers and non-anesthesia medical providers, trainees and students

Contributors

Editor(s):
Bharathi Gourkanti
Clinical Anesthesiology Division Director Pediatric
Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesia at Cooper Medical
School of Rowan University Camden, NJ
USA


Dinesh Chaudhry
Anesthesiology & Pediatrics Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, PA, USA Staff Anesthesiologist Shriners
Hospitals for Children Philadelphia, PA
USA


Irwin Gratz
Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesia at Cooper Medical
School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ,
USA


Keyur Trivedi
Clinical Anesthesiology Division Head Trauma
Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesia at Cooper Medical
School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ,
USA


Erin Pukenas
Department of Anesthesia at Cooper Medical School of
Rowan University Camden, NJ,
USA




Contributor(s):
Andrea Villa
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Anthony Hikes
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Afrin Sagir
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA19104
USA
/
Penn Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA19104
USA


Bharathi Gourkanti
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Magdy Takla
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Michele Mele
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Tina Takla
Nova Southeastern University
Davie, Fl
USA


Reuben D’Souza
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


George Hsu
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Kathleen Kwiatt
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Robin Szewczak
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Rachel Madison
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Ian Brotman
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Michele Mele
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Magdy Takla
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Nikhil Bhana
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


William Marion
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Michael Mahrous
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick
NJ
USA


Abhishek Patel
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Christopher Mahrous
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Dejan Vuckovic
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Stuart Pasch
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Irwin Gratz
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Dave Shah
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Keyur Trivedi
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Kinjal Patel
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Fangyu Chen
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA19104
USA


Parker Woolley
Department of Anesthesia
Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA02215
USA


Akhil Patel
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, D.C.
USA


Fatimah Habib
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Ershad Khan
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
USA


Christopher J. Mahrous
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Talia K. Ben-Jacob
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Gregory Felock
Department of Medicine
Division of Critical Care, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Dhaval Rana
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Felipe Guzman
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Aakash K. Patel
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
New Jersey
USA


Irwin Gratz
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
New Jersey
USA


Bharathi Gourkanti
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
New Jersey
USA


Nikhil Bhana
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Jennifer Ocbo
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Andrea Villa
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Anil Bhatnagar
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden
NJ
USA


Bharathi Gourkanti
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Osama M. Sayed
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Michael R. Schwartz
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Christopher Potestio
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA


Mary Katherine Carney
Department of Anesthesiology
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Camden
NJ
USA