title: The peri-operative care of the geriatric patient.
abstract: Progress in the medical and social spheres has increased life expectancy by sustaining many who would otherwise have succumbed to congenital or acquired diseases. The number of aged and high-risk patients who require major surgical procedures for the cure or palliation of disease has therefore increased. The physiological and anatomical changes in and peri-operative evaluation of the geriatric patient are reviewed, as are the pharmacokinetics of drugs used in these patients.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000715:Anatomy; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D007700:Kinetics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism; D010827:Physiology; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012306:Risk; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations