Pharmacologic management of the older woman undergoing surgery
| Autor: | Holly E. Richter, Seine Chiang, Evelyn C. Granieri, Kimberly A. Gerten |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Aging Prescription Drugs Pharmacological management Herb-Drug Interactions Comorbidity Kidney Cardiovascular System Article Cognition Postoperative Complications Quality of life Intervention (counseling) medicine Cognitive status Humans Anesthesia Drug Interactions Intensive care medicine Aged Geriatrics Polypharmacy Aged 80 and over business.industry General Medicine Perioperative medicine.disease Surgery Liver General Surgery Surgical Procedures Operative Women's Health Female business |
| Zdroj: | Women's health (London, England). 5(2) |
| ISSN: | 1745-5065 |
| Popis: | Surgical intervention for both emergency and elective surgeries will Increase as women live longer and maintain active lifestyles. Older women with operable conditions tolerate elective gynecologic and other nonvascular surgery with acceptable morbidity and mortality. However, increased medical comorbidities, with their associated increase in polypharmacy and perioperative risks as women age, make it important to a priori optimize perioperative medical conditions and medication management. Other considerations include assessing functional and cognitive status, since these may be impaired acutely with increased prevalence of drug use during surgical hospitalization. With aging and postmenopausal status, changes associated with aging appear to play a greater role than gender in pharmacologic responses. Surgical outcomes should be optimized to maintain and even improve women's quality of life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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