Preoperative assessment in the elderly: Evaluation of a new clinical service

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 212-216

  Ellis, G ^a   Spiers, M ^a   Coutts, S ^b   Fairburn, P ^a   McCracken, L ^c  

^a MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Preoperative assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; THERAPY DELAY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84868697759     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/smj.2012.012120     Document Type: Review

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