Surgical Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Older Adults: What Geriatricians Need to Know
Recommended Citation
Colburn JL, Mohanty S, and Burton JR. Surgical guidelines for perioperative management of older adults: What geriatricians need to know. J Am Geriatr Soc 2017; 65(6):1339-1346.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2017
Publication Title
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Abstract
A multidisciplinary panel of experts representing surgery, anesthesia, and geriatrics recently published guidelines for surgeons on the optimal perioperative management of older adults, including recommendations on postoperative recovery and posthospital transitions of care. Geriatricians have an important role in the care for older adults in the preoperative period as older adults consider surgical options and prepare for surgical procedures, during the perioperative period as inpatient consultants, and in the postoperative period as older adults transition to rehabilitation facilities or to home. This article outlines the perioperative surgical guidelines and describes how they apply to the role of the geriatrician in the care of older adults during the perioperative period.
Medical Subject Headings
Adult; Aged; Geriatricians; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Perioperative Care; Potentially Inappropriate Medication List
PubMed ID
28323335
Volume
65
Issue
6
First Page
1339
Last Page
1346
