Perioperative Pulmonary Management of the Elderly Patient

Advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques have led to steady reductions in perioperative complications. At the same time, improvements in public health and medical care have increased quality of life and life expectancy. As a result, an expanding population of elderly patients with chronic medi...

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Published in:Current geriatrics reports 2015-06, Vol.4 (2), p.183-191
Main Authors: Pfeifer, Kurt J., Slawski, Barbara A., Smetana, Gerald W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Age
Bone surgery
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Classification
General anesthesia
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Heart failure
Hospital costs
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Morbidity
Mortality
Neurology
Older people
Pain Medicine
Patients
Pneumonia
Psychopharmacology
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonology and Respiratory Care (AI Musani and E Folch
Respiratory failure
Rheumatology
Risk assessment
Risk factors
Section Editors
Sepsis
Sleep apnea
Surgical outcomes
Thoracic surgery
Topical Collection on Pulmonology and Respiratory Care
Ventilators
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Summary:Advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques have led to steady reductions in perioperative complications. At the same time, improvements in public health and medical care have increased quality of life and life expectancy. As a result, an expanding population of elderly patients with chronic medical diseases is undergoing surgical procedures. Thorough risk assessment and management is required to assure optimal perioperative care for geriatric patients. This includes a full pulmonary evaluation, which is often over-shadowed by cardiovascular concerns. Recent literature has provided improved clarity in preoperative pulmonary risk assessment and potential options for risk management interventions. In this paper, we detail the current evidence for perioperative pulmonary care of elderly patients.
ISSN:2196-7865
2196-7865
DOI:10.1007/s13670-014-0116-3