Abstract Failure to properly assess and identify possible difficulties with airway management and incorporate these findings to airway management strategies can lead to a poor clinical outcome. A thorough patient…
Abstract The nature and origin of hypoxia is multifaceted. The prevention and treatment include optimisation of pre- and peroxygenation and the wise choice and use of neuromuscular blocking agents. Upper…
Abstract Despite the training and skills of airway managers, airway management complications still occur and may cause patient harm or death. The causes are multifactorial and may include patient, environment…
Abstract Ignore anatomy at your peril, and your patients’: a knowledge of relevant anatomy frequently makes procedures more comfortable and safer for patients and easier for their clinicians. This chapter…
Chapter 15 Geriatric Critical Care Units: Model for Interdisciplinary Approach Steven R. Allen and Lewis J. Kaplan Key Points The interdisciplinary team members of a geriatric critical care unit (GCCU)…
Chapter 14 Ethical Issues: Withdrawing, Withholding, and Futility Gail A. Van Norman Key Points In most Western jurisdictions, withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining treatment (LST) at a competent patient’s request is…
Chapter 13 Perioperative Care of Geriatric Patients at Risk of Developing Critical Illness Andrea Tsai and Ruben J. Azocar Key Points Admissions of geriatric patients to intensive care units (ICUs)…
Chapter 12 Stress Response to Surgery in the Elderly Nazish K. Hashmi and Mihai V. Podgoreanu Key Points Major surgery is a global healthcare burden and is further compounded by…
Chapter 11 Transfusion Therapy and Common Hematologic Problems in the Critically Ill Elderly Aryeh Shander , Faraz Syed and Mazyar Javidroozi Key Points Physiologic changes with aging are generally expected…
Chapter 7 Nutritional and Metabolic Derangements in the Critically Ill Elderly Arturo G. Torres , Sasha Grek and Brenda G. Fahy Key Points Aging nutritional physiology predisposes elderly individuals to…
