Perioperative care of the elderly patient.
Perioperative management is typically more complicated in older patients than in younger patients and requires more assessment and evaluation before surgery as well as precautionary steps after surgery to manage these high-risk patients.
Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. palmer@ccf.org
Robert M
RM
Palmer
D000367:Age Factors; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003693:Delirium / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors