Cardiac Anesthesia in the Geriatric Patient.

Thoracic epidural anesthesia in a geriatric patient with cardiac risk: a case report.

With increasing life quality, older population increase fastly. Cardiac and respiratory disorders and autonomic dysfunction seem to occur more frequently in older people.1 Unfortunately this circumstance limits choosing anesthetic methods for these patients. Epidural anesthesia or analgesia can decrease the potential complications due to general anesthesia such as prolonged ventilation, myocard...

Anesthesia Issues in Cardiac Surgery

The principle of anaesthesia for open-heart surgery is based on simplicity, safty and light­plane of anaesthesia. As a result of the special pathophysiology, grave general status, compli­cations threatening these patients during and after the operation and the abundance of medicines available nowadays, it is very important for the anaesthetist to be acquainted with the pathophysiological and ph...

Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery (Open-Closed Heart)

In this paper the duties of an anesthesiologist and his right of i=;electing patient is discussed. La,ter, we di:=:cuss the <::mergencies cf heart surgery, pre up visit and alsc few dcails of pre up medication cf thei,e pati<mts. We also touch on the stages of anesthPsia and point to our preference for the use cf artery and vein for arterial and venous cannulation. In this paper we discuss in b...

Anesthesia of the geriatric equine

Introduction to Geriatric Anesthesia

Life span is an idealized, species-specific biologic parameter that quantifies maximum attainable age under optimal environmental conditions. Historical anecdote suggests that human life span has remained constant at 110 to 115 years for at least the past 20 centuries. In contrast, life expectancy describes an empirical estimate of typical longevity under prevailing or predicted circumstances. ...