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  2. Geriatric anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    The Society for the Advancement of Geriatric Anesthesia (SAGA) is dedicated to improving the care of the older patient coming to surgery.It offers educational programs at its annual meeting as well as at meetings of other anesthesia societies.

  3. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    A comparison between inhalation anesthetics and intravenous anesthetics to determine which were more likely to cause postoperative cognitive dysfunction when used in the elderly for non-cardiac surgery found that fewer people experienced POCD with total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) compared to inhalational anesthesia, however, these ...

  4. Guedel's classification - Wikipedia

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    To determine the depth of anesthesia, the anesthetist relies on a series of physical signs of the patient. In 1847, John Snow (1813–1858) [1] and Francis Plomley [2] attempted to describe various stages of general anesthesia, but Guedel in 1937 described a detailed system which was generally accepted. [3] [4] [5]

  5. Geriatrics - Wikipedia

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    Geriatric anesthesia (focuses on anesthesia & perioperative care of elderly). Geriatric intensive-care unit: (a special type of intensive care unit dedicated to critically ill elderly). Geriatric nursing (focuses on nursing of elderly patients and the aged). Geriatric nutrition. Geriatric occupational therapy. Geriatric pain management ...

  6. Anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    There are many circumstances when anesthesia needs to be altered for special circumstances due to the procedure (such as in cardiac surgery, cardiothoracic anesthesiology or neurosurgery), the patient (such as in pediatric anesthesia, geriatric, bariatric or obstetrical anesthesia) or special circumstances (such as in trauma, prehospital care ...

  7. What a geriatric doctor wishes you knew now for healthy aging

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    Healthy aging can start at any time, according to a geriatric doctor. Here’s what medical expert Dr. John Batsis recommends everyone start doing now.

  8. ASA physical status classification system - Wikipedia

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    Severe trauma with irreparable damage. Complete intestinal obstruction of long duration in a patient who is already debilitated. A combination of cardiovascular-renal disease with marked renal impairment. Patients who must have anesthesia to arrest a secondary hemorrhage where the patient is in poor condition associated with marked loss of blood.

  9. Total intravenous anaesthesia - Wikipedia

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    The use of TIVA is advantageous in cases where volatile anesthesia is of high risk or is impossible, such as cases involving morbidly obese patients. [11] [12] TIVA has also been used for anesthetic delivery at sites of trauma such as serious accidents, disasters and wars. [1] The overall goals of TIVA include: [13] Smooth induction of anesthesia