Chapter 44 – Ethics in Geriatric Surgery, End-of-Life and Palliative Care
Chapter 44 Ethics in Geriatric Surgery, End-of-Life and Palliative Care Prabhath Fernando , Amit Arora and Peter Crome You have told me all the things I need to hear before…
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Chapter 46 – Hospital Design for the Elderly Surgical Patient
Chapter 46 Hospital Design for the Elderly Surgical Patient Maurizio Costantini A successful project is the coming together of the Holy Trinity of Design: a smart project solution, smarter designers,…
Chapter 49 – Systems Engineering in Geriatric Surgery: The Contribution of Modeling and Simulation
Chapter 49 Systems Engineering in Geriatric Surgery: The Contribution of Modeling and Simulation Maurizio Costantini and Berardo Naticchia Systems engineering embraces every scientific and technical concept known… . It is the…
Chapter 40 – Renal Complications
Chapter 40 Renal Complications Cédric Villain and Jacques Boddaert I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease. Sean Elliott…
Chapter 50 – Closing the Loop: How the Elderly Live the Experience of Surgery
Chapter 50 Closing the Loop: How the Elderly Live the Experience of Surgery Gabriella Bettelli There was a ray of hope about a caring encounter and about being treated like…
Chapter 43 – Planning for Discharge
Chapter 43 Planning for Discharge Amedeo Zurlo and Giovanni Zuliani Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a…
Chapter 39 – Postoperative Respiratory Complications
Chapter 39 Postoperative Respiratory Complications Ulf Guenther The inspired and expired air may be sometimes very useful, by condensing and cooling the blood that passes through the lungs; that depuration…
Chapter 50 – Closing the Loop: How the Elderly Live the Experience of Surgery
Chapter 50 Closing the Loop: How the Elderly Live the Experience of Surgery Gabriella Bettelli There was a ray of hope about a caring encounter and about being treated like…
Chapter 48 – Systemic Approach to Management in Geriatric Surgery: Methods and Tools
Chapter 48 Systemic Approach to Management in Geriatric Surgery: Methods and Tools Maurizio Costantini and Maurizio Sebastiani Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It’s coming up with ideas,…
Chapter 37 – Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism in the Elderly: Prevention and Treatment
Chapter 37 Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism in the Elderly: Prevention and Treatment Emmanuel Thienpont and Charles Marc Samama Pulmonary embolism remains the most common preventable cause of death in hospital. M.T….
