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- S Murthy, D L Hepner, Z Cooper, A M Bader, and M D Neuman.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Pennsylvania, 6 Dulles, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA sushila.murthy@gmail.com.
- Br J Anaesth. 2015 Dec 1;115 Suppl 2:ii15-25.
AbstractAs the population of the world is rapidly ageing, the amount of surgery being performed in older patients is also increasing. Special attention is required for the anaesthetic and perioperative management of these patients. The clinical and non-clinical issues specific to older surgical patients are reviewed, with a special emphasis on areas of debate related to anaesthesia care in this group. These issues include the role of frailty and disability in preoperative assessment, choice of anaesthesia technique for hip fracture, postoperative delirium, and approaches to shared decision-making before surgical procedures.© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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