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Venous air embolism is a potentially fatal complication. In a patient undergoing extensive debridement of an open perineal wound, hemodynamically significant air embolization occurred during use of a pulsatile saline irrigation device. We describe another intraoperative setting in which venous air embolism is a risk.
The principles that guide the perianesthetic management of the elderly patient are the same as those used for all patients. What makes the care of this group challenging is not learning a new set of principles, but rather understanding the specific application of these guidelines to the unique traits of elderly patients. Only then is it possible to avoid complications that the elderly patient has very little margin of reserve to deal with.