Goals of surgery and assessment tools for elderly patients referred for cardiac and noncardiac surgery

Goals of surgery and assessment tools for elderly patients referred for cardiac and noncardiac surgery

Surgery in elderly patients is associated with the risk of death, complications, functional decline and disability. Prior to surgery, therefore, an assessment of the health-related priorities, a realistic evaluation of the surgical risks, and individualized optimization of the procedural pathway to...

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Main Authors: Flaminia Coccia, Renzo Rozzini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Subjects:
Elderly surgical patient
pre-op evaluation
prognosis.
Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/849
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spelling doaj-64002e31b6804474923e815276486baa2020-11-24T23:54:40ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease1122-06432532-52642017-07-0187210.4081/monaldi.2017.849Goals of surgery and assessment tools for elderly patients referred for cardiac and noncardiac surgeryFlaminia Coccia0Renzo Rozzini1Fondazione Poliambulanza, Istituto OspedalieroFondazione Poliambulanza, Istituto Ospedaliero Surgery in elderly patients is associated with the risk of death, complications, functional decline and disability. Prior to surgery, therefore, an assessment of the health-related priorities, a realistic evaluation of the surgical risks, and individualized optimization of the procedural pathway to follow are mandatory. https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/849Elderly surgical patientpre-op evaluationprognosis.
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Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Elderly surgical patient
pre-op evaluation
prognosis.
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Renzo Rozzini
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title Goals of surgery and assessment tools for elderly patients referred for cardiac and noncardiac surgery
title_short Goals of surgery and assessment tools for elderly patients referred for cardiac and noncardiac surgery
title_full Goals of surgery and assessment tools for elderly patients referred for cardiac and noncardiac surgery
title_fullStr Goals of surgery and assessment tools for elderly patients referred for cardiac and noncardiac surgery
title_full_unstemmed Goals of surgery and assessment tools for elderly patients referred for cardiac and noncardiac surgery
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series Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
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2532-5264
publishDate 2017-07-01
description Surgery in elderly patients is associated with the risk of death, complications, functional decline and disability. Prior to surgery, therefore, an assessment of the health-related priorities, a realistic evaluation of the surgical risks, and individualized optimization of the procedural pathway to follow are mandatory.
topic Elderly surgical patient
pre-op evaluation
prognosis.
url https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/849
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