Preoperative Testing and Medication Management - 13/08/11
Abstract |
The preoperative evaluation of the geriatric patient is an important time to make a series of assessments. Careful attention is paid to cardiac and pulmonary readiness for the physiologic stress of surgery. It is also a time to focus on the patient’s mental capacities and social support system, and nutritional state. Because so many patients take multiple medications and supplements, the preoperative assessment is also a time to carefully review exactly what it being taken. It is a time to assess for drug interactions, and also to adjust medications to prepare the patient for the stress of surgery.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Geriatrics, Preoperative evaluation, Medication management, Functional assessment, Delirium, Dementia
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Vol 24 - N° 4
P. 573-583 - novembre 2008 Retour au numéro
Article précédent
- Preface
- Amir K. Jaffer
- Perioperative Cardiac Evaluation: Assessment, Risk Reduction, and Complication Management
- Karen F. Mauck, Efren C. Manjarrez, Steven L. Cohn
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