title: Anesthetic Considerations for Common Procedures in Geriatric Patients: Hip Fracture, Emergency General Surgery, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
abstract: The elderly population is growing. Geriatric patients undergo a large proportion of surgical procedures and have increased complications, morbidity, and mortality, which may be associated with increased intensive care unit time, length of stay, hospital readmission, and cost. Identification of optimal anesthetic care for these patients, leading to decreased complications and contributing to best possible outcomes, will have great value. This article reviews the anesthetic considerations for intraoperative care of geriatric patients and focus on 3 procedures (hip fractures, emergency abdominal surgery, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement). An approach to evaluation and management of the elderly surgical patient is described.
authors: Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1800 Orleans Street, Zayed 6208, Baltimore, MD 21287-7294, USA. Electronic address: llester4@jhmi.edu.
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authors: Lester
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000758:Anesthesia; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D057785:Catheters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000639:trends*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000379:methods*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Anesthesia TAVR; Anesthesia emergency surgery; Elderly anesthesia; Emergency general surgery; Geriatric anesthesia; Hip fracture; Transcatheter aortic valve replacement