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 adults; data science and geriatric anesthesia research; aging, COVID, and perioperative care; balancing efficiency, empathy, safety, and quality; pain management in older adults; and more.- Contains 9 relevant, practice-oriented topics including perioperative pulmonary complications in older adults; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes in older adults; perioperative delirium; perioperative fluid management; and more.- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on geriatric anesthesia, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
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Table of Contents
Perioperative Pulmonary Complications in the Older Adults: The Forgotten SystemPharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Changes in the Older Adults: Impact on Anesthetics
Update on Perioperative Delirium
Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in the Older Adults
Liver Transplantation and the Older Adults Candidate: Perioperative Considerations
Perioperative Fluid Management
Data Science and Geriatric Anesthesia Research: Opportunity and Challenges
Efficiency, Safety, Quality, and Empathy: Balancing Competing Perioperative Challenges in the Older Adults
Pain Management in the Older Adults: A Narrative Review
