title: Positioning and the geriatric surgical patient.
abstract: All body positions have the potential to produce complications. The risk of complications increases with age and the maintenance of a single position over a prolonged period. Adverse effects include injuries to peripheral nerves and other structures and impaired cardiovascular and respiratory function.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Daley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*