Preoperative Management of the Older Patient—A Surgeon’s Perspective: Part II
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INTRODUCTION
Similar to most other health care providers, surgeons are seeing an increasing proportion of elderly patients in their practices. Furthermore, this patient population is more likely to require operations. Patients age 65 and older currently account for approximately 60% of the average general surgeon’s work.1 The growth in general surgery over the next decade is expected to outpace the population growth due to a large increase in the number of older Americans. In specialties that care for a greater proportion of elderly patients, such as ophthalmology, urology, and cardiothorac
Preoperative Management of the Older Patient—A Surgeon’s Perspective: Part I
- Thu, 1/17/08 - 4:17am
- 0 Comments
- 3102 reads
INTRODUCTION
Similar to most other health care providers, surgeons are seeing an ever-increasing proportion of elderly patients in their practices. Furthermore, this patient population is more likely to require operations. Patients age 65 and older currently account for approximately 60% of the average general surgeon’s work.1 The growth in general surgery over the next decade is expected to outpace the population growth due to a large increase in the number of older Americans. In specialties that care for a greater proportion of elderly patients, such as ophthalmology, urology, and cardio
