• Is special anesthesia used for seniors?

I am a 60 year old female. I want to know is special anesthesia used for seniors?

4 Answers

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Bronxville, NY

Yes, a lighter anesthesia depending upon your health and medical conditions.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Evanston, IL

All well-trained anesthesiologists administer anesthesia drugs in a careful, titrated manner, so that the desired drug effects are achieved at the smallest doses possible and allow for well-balanced pain relief, quick awakening, and early discharge from the hospital, if possible.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Brighton, MA

Anesthesia medications delivered through an parenteral route (intravenous, intramuscular, etc.) are predominantly weight based dosage with attention made to adjust based on a patient's organ function(s) along with a focus on intended depth of anesthesia and subsequent airway concerns. Many of today's anesthetic agents are very titratable due to their short duration of action and/or relative lipid insolubility.

  • Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
  • Vancouver, BC

The medications are the same, just in smaller doses, and we tend to use shorter acting drugs.

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