Preoperative assessment of geriatric patients

Preoperative risk estimation for onco-geriatric patients (PREOP) – preoperative assessment of elderly surgical patients

XXI Annual Meeting of The Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery Francesco Sciannameo, Giammario Giustozzi and Beatrice Sensi Publication of this supplement was made possible with support from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in ...

Guidelines addressing preoperative assessment of geriatric patients aim to enhance outcomes.

Preoperative assessment of neurosurgical patients

C assess the anaesthetic risks associated with the proposed surgery and plan the appropriate postoperative care for these patients. Abstract The aims of the preoperative assessment of neurosurgical patients include exchange of information, reassuring the anxious patient, establishing whether raised intracranial pressure is present and optimizing any co-existing medical problems, which may or ma...

Initial Preoperative Management of Geriatric Hip Fractures

Hip fractures are a common emergency among the geriatric population and often requires immediate hospitalization for proper assessment. More than 90% of the time, hip fractures are suffered by individuals older than 65 and are usually precipitated predominantly by falls. Current studies show that the average individual over 65 years falls at least once a year, and roughly 1 out of every 4 of th...

[Preoperative assessment of lung disease patients.].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Lung complications are the most frequent causes of postoperative morbidity-mortality, especially in lung disease patients. So, those patients should be preoperatively carefully evaluated and prepared, both clinically and laboratorially. This review aimed at determining surgical risk and at establishing preoperative procedures to minimize peri and postoperative morbidit...