Preventing Postoperative Complications in the Elderly

Frederick E. Sieber; Sheila Ryan Barnett

doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2010.11.011

Preventing Postoperative Complications in the Elderly

Frederick E. Sieber, Sheila Ryan Barnett

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Postoperative complications are directly related to poor surgical outcomes in the elderly. This review outlines evidence based quality initiatives focused on decreasing neurologic, cardiac, and pulmonary complications in the elderly surgical patient. Important anesthesia quality initiatives for prevention of delirium, the most common neurologic complication in elderly surgical patients, are outlined. There are few age-specific quality measures aimed at prevention of cardiac and pulmonary complications. However, some recommendations for adults can be applied to the geriatric surgical population. In the future, process measures may provide a more global assessment of quality in the elderly surgical population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	83-97
Number of pages	15
Journal	Anesthesiology clinics
Volume	29
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2010.11.011
State	Published - Mar 2011

Keywords

Aged
Delirium
Geriatric
Postoperative complications
Quality assurance
Surgery
Surgical procedures/Adverse effects

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Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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