Manual of Geriatric Anesthesia

Section I: General Issues

1. Aging Demographics and Anesthesia - Michael C. Lewis

2. Ethical and Legal Considerations - Kevin B. Gerold and Adrienne N. Dixon

3. The Anesthetic Regimen for the Elderly Patient - Sheila Ryan Barnett

4. The Perioperative Geriatric Consultation - Angela Georgia Catic

Section II: Anesthesia Delivery

5. Preoperative Assessment of the Elderly Patient - Ruma Bose and Sheila Ryan Barnett

6. Analgesics and Sedatives - Julia I. Metzner and G. Alec Rooke

7. General anesthesia: Intravenous induction agents, inhalational agents and neuromuscular blockers - Yulia Ivashkov, Alex A. Vitin and G. Alec Rooke

8. Regional Anesthesia and Joint Replacement Surgery - Jacques E. Chelly, Anna Uskova, Qing Liu, Richa Warden, Uchenna O. Umeh

9. Fluid Management and Blood Transfusion - Gerardo Rodriguez and Keith P. Lewis

Section III: Perioperative Care

10. Acute Pain Control in the Elderly - Steve Lee and Angela Georgia Catic

11. Chronic Pain in Geriatric Patients - Vijay Thillainathan, Adam Young and Asokumar Buvanendran

12. The Elderly Patient and the Intensive Care Unit - Steven J. Schwartz and Frederick Sieber

13. Trauma and the Geriatric Patient - Suresh Agarwal and Ruben J. Azocar

Section IV: Specialist Areas

14. Cardiovascular Aging and Anesthesia - John D. Mitchell

15. Pulmonary Issues in the Elderly Patient - Anup Pamnani, Cynthia A. Lien and G. Alec Rooke

16. Vascular surgery: endovascular and major vascular surgery - Shamsuddin Akhtar

17. Spine surgery: choosing the patient and handling the surgery - Stacie Deiner

18. Anesthesia for Genitourinary Surgery in the Elderly Patient - Christina M. Matadial and Jadelis Giquel

19. Anesthetic Management For ECT - Punita Tripathi

20. Ophthalmologic Surgery and the Management of Diabetes - Mary Ann Vann

Section V: Common Geriatric Issues

21. Postoperative Central Nervous System Changes in Elderly Surgical Patients - Jeffrey H. Silverstein

22. Management of the Hip Fracture Patient - Mark D. Neuman and Samir Mehta

23. Polypharmacy and Medicines to avoid - Lale E. Odekon

24. Dementia and Neurologic Syndromes - Distinctions between Alzheimer's, Vascular Dementia, and Parkinson's - Aaron LacKamp

25. Psychotropic medications in the elderly - Jason Strauss

13. Trauma and the Geriatric Patient - Suresh Agarwal and Ruben J. Azocar

14. Cardiovascular Aging and Anesthesia - John D. Mitchell

15. Pulmonary Issues in the Elderly Patient - Anup Pamnani, Cynthia A. Lien and G. Alec Rooke

16. Vascular surgery: endovascular and major vascular surgery - Shamsuddin Akhtar
About the Author:

Sheila Ryan Barnett, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Harvard Medical School

Director of Gastrointestinal Anesthesia

Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, MA, USA