The Growing Challenge of the Older Surgical Population

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The population of older adults is rapidly growing. With the continued advancement of medical and surgical interventions, the average age of this population will continue to increase. Nearly one-third of surgical procedures are performed in older adults. Physiologic changes, multiple comorbidities, frailty, and postoperative cognitive dysfunction affect an elderly patient's postoperative recovery. Anesthesia providers can play a key role in creating perioperative geriatric pathways. The perioperative care of a geriatric patient is associated with unique and anesthetic risks. Perioperative care must be tailored to individual patients to reduce perioperative complications in this important, vulnerable population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Anesthesiology clinics - 37(2019), 3 vom: 24. Sept., Seite 401-409

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jablonski, Stanley G [VerfasserIn]
Urman, Richard D [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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Themen:

Anesthesia
Cognitive
Elderly
Frailty
Journal Article
Postoperative
Review
Surgery

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.01.2020

Date Revised 16.01.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anclin.2019.04.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299495612