Optimizing outcome in the very elderly surgical patient
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion In Anesthesiology
- Vol. 13 (3) , 327-332
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001503-200006000-00017
Abstract
The number of very elderly patients undergoing surgery is expected to increase substantially in the first part of this century. This article reviews the recent findings on perioperative interventions that may improve the outcomes of this particularly challenging group of patients.Keywords
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