Preoperative management of the older patient - A surgeon's perspective: Part II

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 24-32

  Williams, Sharon L ^a   Jones, Paul B ^a   Pofahl, Walter E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POPULATION GROWTH; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33750474447     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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