Clin-STAR corner: Practice-changing advances at the interface of surgery and geriatrics.

Autor: Jones TS; Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.; Department of Surgery, Rocky Mountain VA Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA., Peters X; American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Clinical Scholars Program, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Robinson TN; Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.; Department of Surgery, Rocky Mountain VA Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society [J Am Geriatr Soc] 2024 Jul; Vol. 72 (7), pp. 1959-1963. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 27.
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18783
Abstrakt: Older adults who undergo major operations are at high risk for complications, disability, and death. The physio-social compromises unique to older adults are not routinely assessed and managed in the perioperative setting. Currently, the most practice-changing topic nationally in geriatric surgery is the implementation of comprehensive, multidisciplinary geriatric care pathways to provide age-friendly care for older adults throughout their perioperative course. This review presents three recently published articles focused on defining evidence-based outcomes associated with implementation of a comprehensive geriatric surgery program for older adults undergoing major inpatient operations. These studies serve as the initial evidence evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of comprehensive perioperative geriatric surgery programs. Each study was chosen due to their high potential for meaningful impact for both clinicians and healthcare systems looking to improve their surgical care of older adults.
(© 2024 The American Geriatrics Society. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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