Chapter 21 Fluids and Electrolytes Management Concezione Tommasino It is chronic water shortage in the body that causes most diseases of the human body. Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj Introduction Normal hydration…
Chapter 5 Assessment of Functional Reserve Guillaume Bousquet-Dion and Francesco Carli When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. A….
Chapter 26 Thoracic Surgery Uliano Morandi , Alessandro Stefani and Beatrice Aramini Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. King James I…
Chapter 30 The Elderly in the Recovery Room Agnes Almayrac and Frédéric Le Saché It is not uncommon, in small country hospitals, to have a recess or small room leading…
Chapter 25 Cardiovascular Surgery Francesco Vetta , Massimo Massetti , Gabriella Locorotondo and Alessia Rabini Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people: folks talk…
Chapter 11 Preoperative Care in Emergency Surgery Andrea Falvo , Valeria Frisenda , Cesare Gregoretti and Luca Brazzi Be prepared. Sir Robert Baden-Powell Introduction Surgical emergencies in the elderly concern…
Chapter 14 Prevention of Cognitive Complications Eleonora F. Orena , Anastasia Borozdina and Federico Bilotta When sleep puts an end to delirium, it is a good symptom. Hippocrates Introduction Despite…
Chapter 15 Psychological Support in Elderly Surgical Patients Eleonora F. Orena Don’t become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin. Ivan Pavlov Introduction…
Chapter 10 Communication and Informed Consent Concezione Tommasino No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent. Abraham Lincoln Introduction The requirement of informed consent for…
Chapter 7 Sensorial Evaluation and Impact of Visual and Hearing Impairment on Communication Giovanni Zuliani and Amedeo Zurlo The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has…
