April 1, 1999Survey of Anesthesiology

The Influence of an Aging Surgical Population on the Anesthesia Workload: A Ten-Year Survey

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Population

>165,000 anesthesia procedures at the University Hospital of Geneva, separated into younger and elderly…

Design

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Follow-up

10 years (1985-1994)

Authors

CKClaude E. KlopfensteinUniversity of Cologne FHFrançois R. HerrmannUniversity of Geneva JMJean Pierre MichelUniversity of Geneva

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Implication

Accelerating geriatric surgical volume outpaces population aging; leaves open optimal anesthesia workforce planning.

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Population

>165,000 anesthesia procedures at the University Hospital of Geneva, separated into younger (<65 yr) and elderly (≥65 yr) populations.

Outcome

Evolution of the anesthetic workload (total number of anesthesia cases, high-risk patients, emergency procedures, total duration of anesthesia, and incidence of perianesthetic complications)

The increased anesthetic workload over a 10-year period was primarily driven by increased geriatric surgical activity rather than the general aging of the resident population.

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Klopfenstein et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87cb1d4f54442d18262e2a https://doi.org/10.1097/00132586-199904000-00018

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The Influence of an Aging Surgical Population on the Anesthesia Workload: A Ten-Year Survey

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