Medical considerations in older surgical patients.
Christmas
Colleen
C
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Makary
Martin A
MA
Burton
John R
JR
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D003657:Decision Making; D003693:Delirium / Q000453:epidemiology; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects