Geriatric Patient Matter in Anesthesia

Authors

  • Pattharaporn Sombood Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Phongthara Vichitvejpaisal Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Krongthip Sripunjun Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Kanittha Chongwilaiwan Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Keywords:

Elderly, Anesthesia, Anesthetics

Abstract

Abstract

The world population aged sixty-five and above is rising, largely with multiple accompanying ailments owing to mental and pathophysiologic deterioration of brain and nervous, respiratory, heart and circulatory, immune and hematologic, liver and renal structural functions, resulting in pathological weakness and hospital admission requirement.

Anesthesia personnel take care of patients during peri-operative drug administration, which is getting increasingly complicated since, in all likelihood, elderly patients receive simultaneous doses of medicine.  At the same time, their catabolism and excretion are slowing down, thus causing an increase in plasma concentration and distribution, drug interaction, onset and duration of action as well as adverse events.

In addition, anesthesia personnel should consult specialists in other fields for proper planning, which is as crucial as preoperative visits and assessment of patients, choice of anesthetics and anesthesia techniques, careful observation of their emotional disruption and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Achievement of these duties would allow the elderly to get back to their normal as soon as possible.

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2024-01-01

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Sombood P, Vichitvejpaisal P, Sripunjun K, Chongwilaiwan K. Geriatric Patient Matter in Anesthesia. J Chulabhorn Royal Acad [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 29];6(1):32-8. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jcra/article/view/260161

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