The Frail Surgical Patient

Preface.- PART I Background.- 1. The epidemiology of aging in surgical settings.- 2. Implications of population ageing for societies and governments.- 3. The impact of aging population on general surgical workforce needs.- 4. Aging trajectories and phenotypes.- 5. Understanding aging, frailty, and resilience.- 6. Surgical risk assessment: from chronological age to frailty status.- 7. Integrating geriatics principles into surgical care setting: a "Surgery for Frails" novel model.- 8. The role of a multidisciplinary team for shared strategies in gerosurgery.- PART II Pre-operative management.- 9. Multidimensional Prognostic Index in Surgery: a clinical perspective.- 10. Decision-making of surgical strategy in older and/or frail persons.- 11. The nurse: perioperative care and management.- 12. The nutritionist: malnutrition risk assessment and management.- 13. The importance of hydration and nutritional support.- 14. The geriatrician: from patient-centred perioperative care to geriatric syndromes management.- 15. Open surgery choice: what, why, when, and whom.- 16. Minimally invasive surgery choice: what, why, when, and whom.- 17. Geriatric Trauma.- PART III Post-operative management.- 18. The pain assessment and management.- 19. Post-operative delirium management.- 20. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance.- 21. Post-operative stress, metabolism, and catabolism.- 22. The nutritional support and recovery: the lesson learned form ERAS.- 23. The physiotherapist: The importance of early functional recovery.- 24. The early identification of post-demission setting.- 25. The role of intermediated care: what, why, when, and whom.- 26. The continuity of care: territory and general practitioner.- 27. Decision-Making at the End of Life.- 28. Living with frailty in geriatric patients: psychological stress and special needs to support emotional tension.- 29. Informed consent challenges in frail surgical patients.- 30. Bioethical Issues in Gerosurgery.

• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.01.2025
• Autor/Autorin: Virginia Boccardi
• Reihe: Medicine (R0)
• Format: E-Book
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• Dateigröße: 18.3 MB
• Verlag: SPRINGER
• Sprache: Englisch
• Umfang: 400 Seiten
• ISBN: 9783031777073
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