TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 56. Regional Anesthesia in the Elderly
A1  - Veering, Bernadette
A2  - Hadzic, Admir
Y1  - 2007
N1  - 
T2  - NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
AB  - In  many  developed  countries,  the  proportion  of  the  population  that  is  older  is  growing.  The  oldest  old  (80  years  or  older)  are  the  fastest  growing  segment  of  the  older  population.  Currently,  this  group  accounts  for  11%  of  those  60  years  of  age  and  older.  By  the  year  2030,  17%  of  the  population  in  the  United  States  will  be  older  than  65  years.1  Improvements  in  surgical  techniques,  anesthesia,  and  intensive  care  units  make  surgical  interventions  in  older  and  sicker  patients  possible.  It  is  estimated  that  over  half  of  the  population  older  than  65  years  will  require  surgical  intervention  at  least  once  during  the  remainder  of  their  lives2  (Figure  56–1).  Consequently,  elderly  patients  are  becoming  an  even  larger  part  of  anesthetic  practice.  Regional  anesthesia  is  frequently  used  in  elderly  patients,  especially  during  orthopedic  surgery,  genitourologic  and  gynecologic  procedures,  and  hernia  repair.  Although  age  can  no  longer  be  considered  as  a  contraindication  to  anesthesia  and  surgery,  anesthesia-related  morbidity  and  mortality  remain  higher  among  elderly  than  among  young  adult  surgical  patients.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3506188
ER  -