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Does multidisciplinary care improve outcomes in frail patients over 65 years undergoing surgery?
Does multidisciplinary care improve outcomes in frail patients over 65 years undergoing surgery?
Older surgical patients require multidisciplinary care due to age-related vulnerability and higher risks of mortality and morbidity.
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May warrant multidisciplinary perioperative pathways for patients over 65; leaves open efficacy in frail subgroups pending prospective trials.
Surgery in people aged over 65 years has led to many postoperative gains, although mortality and morbidity is higher than in younger counterparts. The problem is the vulnerability that comes with age, so these patients with complex needs require multidisciplinary care for the best outcomes.
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Ngwa et al. (2016) studied this question.
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