This review highlights key considerations for the preoperative preparation and perioperative risk assessment of geriatric surgical patients, including the risk of postoperative cognitive dysfunction.
There is a continuous increase in the proportion of elderly patients undergoing surgical procedures. This review will concentrate on selected topics related to elderly care that represent current unresolved and relevant issues for the care of the elderly surgical patient including: aging related organ dysfunction, perioperative risk assessment of geriatrics patient, preoperative optimization and pharmacological support of elderly patient. Additionally, age as a clear risk factor for postoperative cognitive dysfunction is also discussed.
Janković et al. (Sat,) studied this question.
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