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Surgical Decision Making in Geriatrics

A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Approach

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Editors:
  1. Rifat Latifi

    1. Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, School of Medicine and Westchester Medical Center Health Network, Valhalla, USA

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  • Written by experts in the fields of geriatrics and surgery.
  • Provides an essential source of practical information in treating the elderly in a number of surgical disciplines.
  • Includes extensive figures, illustrations, and photographs to deepen understanding of content.
  • Reviews existing literature of each surgical discipline.

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. General Considerations for the Geriatric Surgical Patient

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Decision-Making in Geriatric Surgery: More Surgery or Less Surgery?

      • Rifat Latifi, Shekhar Gogna, Geena George
      Pages 3-13

    3. Is There Room for Common Sense in Surgical Decision-Making?

      • Ira Bedzow, Noam Stadlan
      Pages 15-22

    4. Emergency Medicine Management of the Elderly

      • Ivan T. Miller, Susan Boyle, Harry Kopolovich, Anar Shah, Dan E. Wiener
      Pages 23-44

    5. Cardiovascular Comorbidities in the Elderly Undergoing Surgery

      • Kartik Dhaduk, Ammar Athar, Gabriela Andries, Wilbert S. Aronow, William H. Frishman
      Pages 45-65

    6. Reversal of Oral Anticoagulants in the Elderly

      • Firas Jafri, Saleha Batool, Kartik Dhaduk, Robert G. Lerner
      Pages 67-75

    7. Frailty Assessment as Measurement of Physiologic Reserves in the Elderly

      • Kartik Prabhakaran, David J. Samson, Rifat Latifi
      Pages 77-86

  3. System Based Specialized Surgical Problems in Geriatric Surgical Patients

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Anesthetic Concerns in the Elderly

      • Sarah C. Smith
      Pages 89-102

    3. Nutrition Support in Elderly Patients Undergoing Surgery

      • Shekhar Gogna, Jaqueline Maxwell, Anthony J. Policastro, Rifat Latifi
      Pages 103-114

    4. Neurosurgery in the Elderly

      • Julia Pazniokas, Brianna Theriault, Christian A. Bowers
      Pages 115-132

    5. Caring for the Geriatrics Trauma Patient: The Challenges and the Opportunities

      • Abbas Smiley, Rifat Latifi
      Pages 133-149

    6. ENT Surgery in the Elderly

      • Jaclyn Klimczak, Augustine L. Moscatello, J. K. Rasamny
      Pages 151-168

    7. Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly

      • Donna C. Koo, Francis X. Carroll, Tracey L. Weigel
      Pages 169-180

    8. Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly

      • Joshua B. Goldberg
      Pages 181-192

    9. Surgical Decisions on Breast Cancer in the Elderly

      • Maria Castaldi
      Pages 193-203

    10. Emergency General Surgery in the Elderly

      • Jorge Con, Shekhar Gogna, Rifat Latifi
      Pages 205-210

    11. Inguinal Hernia Repair in the Elderly

      • Shekhar Gogna, James K. Choi, Rifat Latifi
      Pages 211-217

    12. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in the Elderly: Techniques, Outcomes, and Pitfalls

      • Rifat Latifi, Ansab Haider
      Pages 219-228
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About this book

This book is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to all aspects of geriatric surgery within the broad confines of surgery in geriatrics including general surgery, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, cardiac surgery, surgical oncology, hepatobiliary and transplant surgery, plastic, colorectal, orthopedic, gynecologic, and urologic surgery. The text is split into four parts. The first part is organized under general considerations on the geriatric surgical patient and includes current trends in geriatric surgery, and a number of important general issues such as practical approaches to reversal of bleeding/anticoagulation, role of anesthetic concerns in advanced age, frailty index and measurements of physiological reserves, nutritional support in the elderly, quality of life in the elderly, drug use, and family involvement. Part two of the book focuses on surgery specific system-based problems in geriatric surgical patients. The third part addresses many other important aspects of geriatric surgery including palliative and end of life care for the elderly, religious issues and the elderly care surgery, elderly with mental health issues, and nursing care of elderly patients. The fourth and final part describes the need for geriatric surgical care education and the components that are essential for the curriculum of current and future generations of students. 


Written by experts in the field, Surgical Decision Making in Geriatrics addresses patient selection, pre-operative considerations, technical conduct of the most common operations, and avoiding complications. 




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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, School of Medicine and Westchester Medical Center Health Network, Valhalla, USA

    Rifat Latifi

About the editor

Rifat Latifi
The Felicien Steiche, Professor and Chairman of Surgery 
New York Medical College, School of Medicine
Director, Department of Surgery
Westchester Medical Center
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY
USA 




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surgical Decision Making in Geriatrics

  • Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Approach

  • Editors: Rifat Latifi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47963-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47962-6Published: 13 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47965-7Published: 14 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47963-3Published: 12 August 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 452

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: General Surgery, Geriatric Care, Cardiac Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Surgical Oncology

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