Perioperative Care for the Geriatric Patient Congress
Book of Proceedings
Special lectures
Michael Roizen, USA
HOW A BEAUTIFUL DAY MAKES YOU YOUNGER AND CAN BE EVERYDAY
Hugo van Aken, Germany
Cardiac surgery 1
Carl-Johan Jakobsen, Denmark
ANAESTHETIC CHALLENGES AND MANAGEMENT OF GERIATRIC PATIENTS FOR CARDIAC SURGERY
Robert Sladen, USA
POSTOPERATIVE CHALLENGES OF THE GERIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENT
Joerg Ender, Germany
CARDIAC FAST TRACK TREATMENT IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS
Niki Dietz, USA
MONITORING AND OUTCOMES IN ELDERLY CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS
Cardiac surgery 2
Joanna Chikwe, USA
WHAT TO TELL THE OCTOGENARIAN WHO NEEDS CARDIAC SURGERY?
Chirojit Mukherjee, Germany
Davy Cheng, Canada
OPCAB SURGERY IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS: EVIDENCE OF BENEFITS
Karel Skarvan, Switzerland
WHAT CAN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TELL US ABOUT THE AGING HEART
Non-cardiac surgery 1
Hans-Joachim Priebe, Germany
APPROACH TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY
Tuula Kurki, Finland
PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC DISEASE UNDERGOING NONCARDIAC SURGERY
Giovanni Gambassi, Italy
PROPHYLAXIS WITH BETA-BLOCKERS FOR NON-CARDIAC SURGERY
Helfried Metzler, Austria
CORONARY INTERVENTION BEFORE NONCARDIAC SURGERY – BENEFIT OR RISK?
Non-cardiac surgery 2
Paul Waters, USA
THORACIC SURGERY IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS
Bernhard Riedel, USA
THORACIC CANCER SURGERY: IMPROVING PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOME IN THE AGING POPULATION
Alf Kozian, Germany
THORACIC ANESTHESIA IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS
Demetrius Pertsemlidis, USA
SURGERY OF ADRENAL GLANDS IN GERIATRIC PATIENT
Brain function in perioperative period 1
James Cottrell, USA
ANESTHESIA AND THE OLDER BRAIN
Zoltan Mikeš, Slovakia
PERIOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN THE ELDERLY
Jeff Silverstein, USA
POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING NON-CARDIAC SURGERY
Christopher Jankowski, USA
POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM: RISKS, SEQUELAE AND INTERVENTIONS
Brain function in perioperative period 2
Joe Szokol, USA
Hatim Hyderally, USA
POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM IN THE ELDERLY PATIENT AFTER HIP FRACTURE SURGERY
Mark Newman, USA
IMPACT OF GENETICS ON PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOME
Martin Nitsun, USA
SLEEP APNEA: PERIOPERATIVE IMPLICATIONS IN THE GERIATRIC PATIENT
Blood transfusion/coagulation
David Royston, UK
HEMATOLOGY AND THE AGED – PROBLEM OR PROTECTION?
Ingo Beyer, Belgium
ANEMIA AND TRANSFUSIONS IN THE ELDERLY
Michal Horáček, Czech Republic
HAEMOSTATIC FRAILTY IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR AFFECTING CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS OUTCOME
Day surgery in geriatric patients
Andrew Severn, UK
DO WE NEED A SPECIALTY OF GERIATRIC ANAESTHESIA?
Gabriella Bettelli, Italy
DAY SURGERY IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS
David Wilkinson, UK
AMBULATORY CARE, A FURTHER CHALLENGE FOR THE ELDERLY PATIENT AND THEIR CARERS
Eva Topinková, Czech Republic
GERIATRIC RISKS OF POST-OPERATIVE DISABILITY
Aortic surgery and anesthesia
Paul Stelzer, USA
ASCENDING AND ARCH ANEURYSM SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY
Michael Marin, USA
David Reich, USA
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT FOR RESECTION OF AORTIC ANEURYSM: CNS PROTECTION
George Silvay, USA
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT FOR RESECTION OF DESCENDING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM: SPINAL CORD PROTECTION
Salwa Shenaq, USA
MICHAEL DEBAKEY – HIS OPERATION FOR AORTIC ANEURYSM
Demographics, economics and ethics
Maria Galati, USA
DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMICS OF GERIATRIC PATIENT CARE IN THE USA
Marina Krol, USA
VARIANCE OF HOSPITAL RESOURCE UTILIZATION FOR GERIATRIC PATIENTS
Jean-Pierre Baeyens, Belgium
ETHICS OF ICU ADMISSION AND TREATMENT FOR THE GERIATRIC PATIENTS
Infection and nutrition
Harry B. van Wezel, The Netherlands
SENSE AND NONSENSE OF PERIOPERATIVE INSULIN THERAPY
Luboš Sobotka, Czech Republic
IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC CARE IN THE ELDERLY PATIENT IN PREOPERATIVE PERIOD
Zdeněk Zadák, Czech Republic
Pain & Neuromuscular blockade
Erdal Aslim, Turkey
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAROTID SURGERY
Milan Adamus, Czech Republic
Cynthia Lien, USA
NONDEPOLARIZING NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS IN THE ELDERLY: DOSING PARADIGMS REVISITED
Glenn Murphy, USA
RESIDUAL NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE: IS IT A PROBLEM IN THE GERIATRIC PATIENT?
Pathophysiology
Yitshal Berner, Israel
HOW AGING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AFFECT THE PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT
Vladimír Černý, Czech Republic
Robert Sladen, USA
Jeffrey Yasny, USA
PERIOPERATIVE DENTAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE GERIATRIC PATIENT
Heart failure
Martin Stříteský, Czech Republic
THE MAIN ROLE OF VEGETATIVE NERVE SYSTEM IN PROTECTION OF THE HEART
Marc A. Rozner, USA
THE PATIENT WITH HEART FAILURE: MEDICAL AND DEVICE THERAPY
Alina Grigore, USA
SURGICAL OPTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE
Nancy Nussmeier, USA
PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF GERIATRIC PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE HEART FAILURE
Book of Abstracts
Poster Presentations – Session A
CARDIAC SURGERY IN OCTOGENARIANS
František Mošna, Czech Republic
THE COUTCOME AND COMPLICATIONS OF OCTOGENARIANS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
Michal Porizka, Czech Republic
OFF-PUMP VERSUS ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY: DO ELDERLY PATIENTS BENEFIT MOST?
PERIOPERATIVE BLOOD REQUIREMENT FOR OFF-PUMP CABG OPERATIONS COMPAIRING WITH A DIFFERENT AGE GROUP
TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN GERIATRIC HIGH-RISK PATIENTS
PULMONARY ENDARTERECTOMY FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC RIGHT HEART FAILURE IN THE ELDERLY
Poster Presentations – Session B
ELDERLY PATIENTS AND DAY SURGERY: AN APPROPRIATE CHOICE?
DAY SURGERY FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY: WHICH DESIGN?
SATISFACTION AND DAY SURGERY ACCEPTANCE IN A SAMPLE OF OVER 85 y OUTPATIENTS
B.L. van Leeuwen, The Netherlands
A CONTROLLED TRIAL OF GERIATRIC LIAISON INTERVENTION IN FRAIL SURGICAL ONCOLOGY PATIENTS
ADVANTAGES OF THE LOW INSUFFLATION PRESSURE THE GERIATRICS LAPARASCOPIC SURGERY
Hernandez Porras Berenice Carolina, Mexico
EPIDURAL ANALGESIA VERSUS OPIOID INTRAVENOUS ANALGESIA IN MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY
A STUDY OF THE MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND LONG TIME SURVIVAL FOLLOWING RADICAL CYSTECTOMY IN ELDERLY
Poster Presentations – Session C
CHALLENGES OF GERIATRIC CARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE ANAESTHESIST’S VIEW
SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY: IDENTIFYING RISK USING THE IRIS SCORE
WHY DO ELDERLY PATIENTS WAIT FOR HIP FRACTURE SURGERY?
Barbora Jindrová, Czech Republic
Poster Presentations – Session D
INTRA HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST IN THE ELDERLY: INSTITUTION OF A REGISTRY AT THE INRCA HOSPITAL
THROMBOLYSIS FOR PATIENTS > 80 YEARS OLD IN ACUTE STROKE
THE EXPANSION OF TRHMBOLYTIC THERAPY FOR ACUTE ISCHAEMIC STROKE BEYOND THE 3 HOUR TIME WINDOW
USA PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF DELIRIUM IN CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
THE WORLD’S FIRST TWENTY-FIVE HEART TRANSPLANTS: IS THERE HOPE FOR THE ELDERLY?