Why the study?
Surgical outcomes in geriatric patients are often complicated by comorbidities, frailty, and cognitive impairment, requiring an integrated multidisciplinary approach that is currently uncommon.
Population
Hospitalized older patients (≥ 65 years) undergoing elective surgery
Design
Modified Delphi consensus process by a 14-member Expert Task Force
Authors
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May help standardize multidisciplinary perioperative care of older surgical patients; leaves open prospective outcome validation.
This Italian intersociety consensus provides 81 evidence-based recommendations for the multidisciplinary perioperative management of elderly patients undergoing elective surgery.
Aceto et al. (2020) conducted a review in Geriatric surgical patients. Multidisciplinary perioperative management (PriME recommendations) was evaluated on Development of consensus recommendations. An Italian intersociety consensus developed 81 evidence-based recommendations for the pre-, intra-, and postoperative multidisciplinary care of hospitalized older patients undergoing elective surgery.
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