Chapter 32 – Postoperative Pain Treatment
Chapter 32 Postoperative Pain Treatment Frédéric Aubrun Divinum opus est sedare dolorem (Divine is the task to relieve pain). Galenus Introduction Despite its high prevalence, there is wide evidence that…
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Chapter 36 – Cardiovascular Complications
Chapter 36 Cardiovascular Complications Francesco Vetta and Gabriella Locorotondo “I wish I had my beta-blockers handy.” (Comment when told that he had won a Nobel prize, referring to the drug…
Chapter 35 – Postoperative Nursing
Chapter 35 Postoperative Nursing Cristiana Forni and Fabio D’Alessandro Nurses dispense comfort, compassion and caring without even a prescription. Val Saintsbury Introduction The focus of postoperative nursing care of geriatric…
Chapter 29 – Cataract Surgery
Chapter 29 Cataract Surgery Maria Sammartino , Flavia Toni , Cristina Olivieri and Fabio Sbaraglia The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new…
Chapter 24 – Orthopedic Surgery
Chapter 24 Orthopedic Surgery Francesco Lijoi , Margherita Bianconi and Maria Luisa Davoli To thrive in life you need a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. Reba McEntire Introduction…
Chapter 20 – Regional Anesthesia Techniques
Chapter 20 Regional Anesthesia Techniques Helene Beloeil and Philippe Sitbon Sooner or later, someone will make a sufficiently close examination of the anatomy involved, so that exact techniques will be…
Chapter 27 – Abdominal Surgery
Chapter 27 Abdominal Surgery Giampaolo Ugolini and Federico Ghignone The natural history of science is the study of the unknown. If you fear it you’re not going to study it…
Chapter 33 – General Principles of Postoperative Recovery
Chapter 33 General Principles of Postoperative Recovery Giampaolo Ugolini and Federico Ghignone Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies…
Chapter 31 – Endocrine and Metabolic Response to Surgical Stress in the Elderly
Chapter 31 Endocrine and Metabolic Response to Surgical Stress in the Elderly Maria Caterina Pace and Lorenzo De Nardis Disease (νόσος) is not only suffering (πάθος): it is also toil…
Chapter 19 – The Geriatric Patient and Anesthesia
Chapter 19 The Geriatric Patient and Anesthesia Etienne Imhoff , Serge Molliex and Vincent Piriou Caregiving will never be one-size-fits-all. Nancy L. Kriseman Introduction Interactions between aging processes and the…
