Geriatric Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

The volume of elderly patients requiring anesthesia and surgery is growing rapidly.Thirty-five percent of surgeries are performed on patients older than 65 years, and in general, these patients have higher morbidity and mortality rates after anesthesia compared with their younger counterparts. One of the major challenges of treating elderly patients is the heterogeneity of the geriatric population�and the need to individualize care for each patient to provide the best outcome.Geriatric Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics is written by Charles Brown and published by Elsevier. ISBNs for Geriatric Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics are 9780323395526, 032339552X and the print ISBNs are 9780323395519, 0323395511.