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 Emmanuel Thienpont and Charles Marc Samama Pulmonary embolism remains the most common preventable cause of death in hospital. M.T….
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 47 Patient Safety, Ergonomics and Clinical Risk Management Sara Albolino and Maurizio Costantini You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together….
Chapter 34 Fast-track and ERAS Programs in Geriatric Surgery Pierre Frauche , Martin Hübner and Olle Ljungqvist An organization’s ability to learn and to translate that learning into actions rapidly…
Chapter 38 Treatment of Postoperative Delirium Anastasia Borozdina , Eleonora F. Orena and Federico Bilotta In my fever I had a long consistent delirium. I dreamt that I was in…
Chapter 12 Prehabilitation: How to Enhance Cardio-respiratory Functional Reserve Before Surgery Enrico Maria Minnella and Francesco Carli If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it…
Chapter 22 Surgery in the Elderly: General Considerations Isacco Montroni and Riccardo A. Audisio Never give up hope! If you do so, you be dead already. “Rose” in The Inspired…
Chapter 23 Cancer Surgery and the Elderly Isacco Montroni and Riccardo A. Audisio Cancer is a word, not a sentence. John Diamond Introduction Despite the evidence that cancer is a…
Chapter 28 Day Surgery and Office-based Procedures Gabriella Bettelli and Maurizio Solca We are born in one day. We can change in one day. We can fall in love in…
