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Essentials of Geriatric Neuroanesthesia Hemanshu Prabhakar
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Is there a need for a textbook on geriatric neuroanesthesia? A similar question was asked four decades ago about the need for a textbook on neuroanesthesia. Now in 2019, there are a substantial numb... er of textbooks on this subject. With complex neurosurgery being undertaken in elderly patients these days, there is a definite need for a comprehensive textbook on geriatric neuroanesthesia. Life expectancy is increasing all over the world. The global average of life expectancy, which was 48 years in 1950, increased to 70 years in 2012. In India, life expectancy as of 2015 is 68.3 years on the whole—69.9 years for females and 66.9 years for males. In Japan, the figure is 83.7 years for the whole population—86.8 years for females and 80.5 years for males. With increasing life expectancy, more and more elderly patients are likely to present for surgery and anesthesia [Show More]
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