Anesthesia for the elderly: Selected topics

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-324

  Levine, Wilton C ^a   Mehta, Vipin ^a   Landesberg, Giora ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Diastolic dysfunction; Prophylactic blockade

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744996465     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000192807.63785.59     Document Type: Review

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