PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION AND POSTOPERATIVE CARE OF THE ELDERLY PATIENT UNDERGOING MAJOR SURGERY

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CHALFIN, DB
NASRAWAY, SA
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10.1016/S0749-0690(18)30359-8
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R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
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03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
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As the population ages and as surgical and anesthetic techniques advance, more and more elderly patients are referred for surgery. As a result, the physician must be increasingly aware of the aged response to surgery and the management of the geriatric surgical patient in the perioperative period. Elderly patients are prone to cardiac, respiratory, and infectious complications, and thus, they need to be screened for the presence of pre-existing disease. In addition, the geriatric patient needs to be carefully monitored in the proper postoperative environment to guard against untoward sequelae.
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