Surgery in the geriatric patient: Aging, the heart, emergencies, and us

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-110

  Zenilman, Michael E ^a  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENESCENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33847117717     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.2.109     Document Type: Note

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