Optimal Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP and the American Geriatrics Society

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 930-947

  Mohanty, Sanjay ^a,b   Rosenthal, Ronnie A ^c   Russell, Marcia M ^d   Neuman, Mark D ^f   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,d   Esnaola, Nestor F ^e  

^a National Surgical Quality Improvement Program   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS; DECUBITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FLUID THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL SURGERY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVING WILL; LUNG COMPLICATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSITIONAL CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY; GERIATRICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961879796     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.12.026     Document Type: Article

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