Book of Proceedings

Special lectures

Michael Roizen, USA

HOW A BEAUTIFUL DAY MAKES YOU YOUNGER AND CAN BE EVERYDAY

Hugo van Aken, Germany

PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ELDERLY – INFLUENCE OF ANAESTHETIC TECHNIQUE ON THE PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD

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

TRANSCATHETER (TRANSAPICAL AND TRANSFEMORAL APPROACH) IMPLANTATION OF THE AORTIC VALVE IN THE ELDERLY

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

DOES REGIONAL ANESTHESIA LEAD TO BETTER POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN THE ELDERLY PATIENT THAN GENERAL ANESTHESIA?

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

ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR IN THE ELDERLY: A 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE AT THE MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL SCHOOL

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

PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN OLD AGE: ROLE OF MALNUTRITION, SARCOPENIA AND INFLAMMATION

Pain & Neuromuscular blockade

Erdal Aslim, Turkey

REGIONAL ANESTHESIA IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAROTID SURGERY

Milan Adamus, Czech Republic

AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCK DURING LONG-LASTING NEUROSURGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS – WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE COMPUTER

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

MICROCIRCULATION AND AGING

Robert Sladen, USA

PERIOPERATIVE HYPOTHERMIA

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

Jitka Lomová, Czech Republic

CARDIAC SURGERY IN OCTOGENARIANS

František Mošna, Czech Republic

THE COUTCOME AND COMPLICATIONS OF OCTOGENARIANS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY  

Michal Porizka, Czech Republic 

TYPE OF ANAESTHESIA HAS NO EFFECT ON EARLY POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME IN OCTOGENARIANS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION  

Janet Martin, Canada 

OFF-PUMP VERSUS ON-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY: DO ELDERLY PATIENTS BENEFIT MOST?  

Levent Acar, Turkey 

PERIOPERATIVE BLOOD REQUIREMENT FOR OFF-PUMP CABG OPERATIONS COMPAIRING WITH A DIFFERENT AGE GROUP  

Roman Hájek, Czech Republic 

HAEMOSTATIC PROFILE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS DOES NOT DIFFER FROM YOUNGER POPULATION  

Gabor Erdoes, Switzerland 

TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN GERIATRIC HIGH-RISK PATIENTS  

Marco Morsolini, Italy 

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND CEREBRAL PROTECTION MANAGEMENT DURING PULMONARY ENDOARTERECTOMY: A SINGLE CENTRE 15-YEARS EXPERIENCE  

Marco Morsolini, Italy 

PULMONARY ENDARTERECTOMY FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC RIGHT HEART FAILURE IN THE ELDERLY

 

Poster Presentations – Session B

Gabriella Bettelli, Italy 

ELDERLY PATIENTS AND DAY SURGERY: AN APPROPRIATE CHOICE?  

Gabriella Bettelli, Italy 

DAY SURGERY FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY: WHICH DESIGN?  

Gabriella Bettelli, Italy

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  

Videnovic Nebojsa, Serbia 

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  

Atallah Fouad, France 

A STUDY OF THE MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND LONG TIME SURVIVAL FOLLOWING RADICAL CYSTECTOMY IN ELDERLY

 

Poster Presentations – Session C

Mukelabai Mukelabai, Zambia 

CHALLENGES OF GERIATRIC CARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE ANAESTHESIST’S VIEW  

B. Liebman, The Netherlands 

SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY: IDENTIFYING RISK USING THE IRIS SCORE  

Ewa Gornik-Wlaszczuk, Poland 

WHY DO ELDERLY PATIENTS WAIT FOR HIP FRACTURE SURGERY?  

Yi Zhang, China 

ANALYSIS OF RISK FACTORS RELATED TO POSTOPERATIVE MORTALITY IN THE ELDERLY AGED OVER 80 YEARS AFTER HIP FRACTURES SUGERY IN A CHINESE TEACHING HOSPITAL  

Petr Kříž, Czech Republic 

THE HAEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANAESTHESIA FOR PROXIMAL FEMUR FRACTURE OSTEOSYNTHESIS IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS  

Barbora Jindrová, Czech Republic 

ACUTE REVERSAL OF ORAL ANTICOAGULATION IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS WITH PROXIMAL FEMUR FRACTURE: COMPARATION OF CASE REPORTS (PROTHROMPLEX VS. FFP)  

HS. Na, South Korea 

PERIOPERATIVE INTRAVENOUS IRON AND RECOMBINENT ERYTHROPOIETIN FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE ANEMIA AND REDUCTIO

 

Poster Presentations – Session D

Marina Giampieri, Italy 

INTRA HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST IN THE ELDERLY: INSTITUTION OF A REGISTRY AT THE INRCA HOSPITAL  

Shakib Khamkar, UK 

THROMBOLYSIS FOR PATIENTS > 80 YEARS OLD IN ACUTE STROKE  

Saffan Qureshi, UK 

THE EXPANSION OF TRHMBOLYTIC THERAPY FOR ACUTE ISCHAEMIC STROKE BEYOND THE 3 HOUR TIME WINDOW  

Anoushka Afonso, 

USA PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF DELIRIUM IN CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT  

Anoushka Afonso, MD, USA 

THE WORLD’S FIRST TWENTY-FIVE HEART TRANSPLANTS: IS THERE HOPE FOR THE ELDERLY?