RT Book, Section
A1 Nye, Heather E.
A2 Cohn, Steven L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1179531690
T1 Surgery and the Older Adult
T2 Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260468106
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179531690
RD 2024/04/25
AB As  the  population  ages,  increasing  numbers  of  older  adults  are  undergoing  major  surgery.  People  over  65  years  of  age  are  more  likely  to  have  medical  comorbidities,  functional  and  cognitive  impairment,  and  other  geriatric  syndromes,  rendering  them  higher  risk  for  postoperative  complications  and  poor  outcomes.  Increased  rates  of  delirium,  cardiac,  pulmonary  and  infectious  complications,  mortality,  and  prolonged  cognitive  and  functional  decline  have  all  been  described  following  surgery  in  this  population.  Based  on  available  literature,  experts  in  geriatrics,  anesthesia,  and  surgery  have  delineated  best  practices  for  the  optimization  of  older  adults  before  surgery  and  for  their  perioperative  care.1–3