Anesthetic Considerations in the Geriatric Population

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Start Date

1 Jan 2021

Last Review Date

5 Aug 2023

Expiration Date

31 Dec 2023

Estimated Time To Finish

60 Minutes

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Activity Description

Elderly patients commonly have injuries or other medical conditions requiring surgery. Due to physiologic and pathologic changes that occur with age, these patients are at higher risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality. This activity reviews the evaluation and treatment of geriatric patients and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in managing these patients while undergoing anesthesia.

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner will be better able to:

Describe physiologic changes in elderly patients and their relevance to perioperative care.
Identify risk factors for perioperative morbidity and mortality in elderly patients and explain the importance of a geriatric-focused preoperative assessment.
Review anesthetic techniques and intraoperative management of elderly patients.
Summarize common perioperative geriatric complications and their management by an interprofessional team.

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The Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine (CUSOM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they or their immediate family may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by CUSOM for resolution, to ensure fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations.

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Authors: Britton Staheli
Editors: Bryan Rondeau
Editor-in-Chief: Joseph Maxwell Hendrix
Nurse Reviewer: Sandra Coleman
Pharmacy Reviewer: Mark V. Pellegrini

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Are the elderly candidates for brain surgery, time-consuming surgery?

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I am a retired CRNA. This was an excellent review of anesthesia for the elderly patient.

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Basic overview, easy to cover, very little new content that I was not already familiar with. But does discuss points that can be implemented better into practice (cognitive and frailty, as well as nutrition assessments are generally lacking in many practices).

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Well presented.

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