Minimizing perioperative adverse events in the elderly

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 608-624

  Jin, F ^a   Chung, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age factors, surgery; Anaesthesia; Complications

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; KETANSERIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NALOXONE; NEFOPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORPHENADRINE; PETHIDINE;

AGING; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHIVERING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WARMING;

EID: 0034794504     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/87.4.608     Document Type: Review

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