Impact of aging on preoperative evaluation
| Autor: | Eugene Y. Cheng, Rebekah Wang-Cheng |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Geriatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Systemic disease Aging medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Physical examination Physician Office medicine.disease Surgery Older population Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Increased risk Risk Factors Intervention (counseling) Anesthesia Emergency medicine Preoperative Care medicine Humans business Geriatric Assessment Physical Examination Organ system Aged |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical anesthesia. 3(4) |
| ISSN: | 0952-8180 |
| Popis: | Approximately 40% of physician office time and 33% of hospital time are devoted to patients 65 years of age or older. Over half of the older population requires some surgical intervention. Because of decreased physiologic reserve and increased number of underlying medical disorders, the older patient is at increased risk for intraoperative and postsurgical complications. Since cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal complications are frequent in the elderly patient, the preoperative evaluation should emphasize these organ systems. Risk factors should be assessed initially by a focused history and physical examination and by simple tests. Additional diagnostic testing should be reserved for the patient who is not clearly at low or high risk. For optimal preoperative evaluation of the elderly patient, the physician should identify systemic disease, determine if the patient is receiving appropriate therapy, delineate the operative risks, and make recommendations that can potentially reduce the operative risks and postoperative complications. |
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