Geriatric Anesthesiology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Reves, J. G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Barnett, Sheila Ryan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), McSwain, Julie R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rooke, G. Alec (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Anesthesiology.

Surgical and anesthetic techniques have evolved to allow a growing number of older adults to undergo surgery, and current estimates are that 50% of Americans over the age of 65 years old will have an operation. However, as the knowledge regarding perioperative care of the elderly surgical patient gr...