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Contents
- Chapter 1 Definitions, social trends, and epidemiology
- Chapter 2 Pathophysiological changes of ageing and their relevance to anaesthesia
- Chapter 3 Anaesthetic pharmacology in the elderly
- Chapter 4 Preoperative assessment and preparation of elderly patients undergoing major surgery
- Chapter 5 Day-case anaesthesia in the elderly
- Chapter 6 Emergency anaesthesia in the elderly
- Chapter 7 Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery in the elderly
- Chapter 8 Anaesthesia for major abdominal surgery in the elderly
- Chapter 9 Neurosurgery in the elderly
- Chapter 10 Urological and gynaecological surgery in the elderly
- Chapter 11 Postoperative care and analgesia
- Chapter 12 Intensive care and the elderly
- Chapter 13 Anaesthesia for non-theatre environments
- Chapter 14 Cognitive dysfunction and sleep disorders
- Chapter 15 Ethics and the law involving the elderly