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Presents both evidence and techniques for cardiac surgery in the elderly to establish the best possible outcomes for patients
First book to review the substantial body of knowledge that has been developed in recent years related to geriatric cardiothoracic surgical problems
Features the foremost knowledge and expertise of the pioneers in geriatric surgery.
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (50 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Aspects of Care
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Front Matter
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Physiologic Changes
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About this book
Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Elderly: Evidence Based Practice is an important and timely book that reflects the thoughtful work of pioneers in geriatric surgery. It encompasses their knowledge related to geriatric surgery, and their reflections and guidance on the rapidly accumulating knowledge related to improving the health and surgical care of seniors.
This book provides a scholarly review of the constantly expanding knowledge base about cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in seniors. The book follows a logical sequence covering general aspects of care, cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery. Chapters are focused on common, devastating and often missed complications of surgical care in the seniors. These include delirium, depression, pressure sores, functional losses, incontinence, volume depletion and asymptomatic or atypical complications -myocardial infarction, post-operative diarrhea, urinary track infections and pneumonia. Each is expertly reviewed. Strategies to help the surgeons and the surgical team anticipate, recognize and effectively prevent or manage such problems are discussed and the evidence basis for such strategies is provided.
Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Elderly: Evidence Based Practice is particularly timely and the first to review the substantial body of knowledge that has been developed in recent years related to geriatric cardiothoracic surgical problems. It catalogs well the expanding knowledge basis for achieving successful surgical outcomes in the very old. It provides a most useful resources for cardiovascular thoracic surgeons in training and those already in practice.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book focuses particularly on the perioperative and surgical aspects of cardiothoracic disease in elderly patients. … it is an ideal literature for cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiologists and respiratory physicians who face an increasing number of elderly patients in their daily practice. It also gives an overview of the opportunities modern cardiothoracic medicine offers today and in this regard provides helpful information for everyone who is directly involved in the medical care of elderly patients.” (Olaf Wendler, Cardiology News, October/November, 2012)Editors and Affiliations
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, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, USA
Mark R. Katlic
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Elderly
Editors: Mark R. Katlic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0892-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0891-9Published: 26 May 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9403-5Published: 23 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0892-6Published: 04 May 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 654
Topics: Cardiac Surgery, Abdominal Surgery, General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Geriatrics/Gerontology