Why the study?
What are the specific considerations for preoperative assessment, anaesthetic technique, and postoperative pain management in elderly outpatients?
Population
Elderly patients undergoing outpatient surgery
Design
Review
Authors
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Caution against day surgery in elderly with moderate heart failure or recent stents; leaves open cognitive benefits of outpatient care pending prospective trials.
What are the specific considerations for preoperative assessment, anaesthetic technique, and postoperative pain management in elderly outpatients?
This review highlights that while outpatient surgery may reduce cognitive disorders in the elderly, conditions like heart failure and recent drug-eluting stents require careful patient selection and often contraindicate day surgery.
Gabriella Bettelli (2010) studied this question.
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