The physician’s role in perioperative management of older patients undergoing surgery

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The physician’s role in perioperative management of older patients undergoing surgery

Life-sustaining and life-improving surgical interventions are increasingly available to older, frailer patients, many of whom have multimorbidity. Physicians can help support perioperative multidisciplinary teams with assessment and preoperative optimisation of physiological reserve, comorbidities a...

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Main Authors:	Gordon, Adam L., Evans, Barry J., Dhesi, Jugdeep
Format:	Article
Published:	Royal College of Physicians 2017
Subjects:	Geriatric medicine; perioperative care; surgery
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44559/

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