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Common Perioperative Complications in Older Patients

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Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery

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As one of the fastest growing segments of the population, elderly patients account for an increasing percentage of operations in most practices. On the basis of the 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, patients aged 65 and older accounted for 35% of all procedures [1]. Elderly patients have a higher rate of postoperative complications. Two large studies found complication rates of 20–50% in patients aged 80 years and older [2, 3]. In contrast, younger patients had complication rates approximately half of that in the elderly patients. Table 29.1 outlines the relative frequency of specific complications in elderly patients undergoing a variety of noncardiac surgical procedures.

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  2. Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Clarkson Ave. 450, Brooklyn, 11203, New York, USA

    Michael E. Zenilman

  3. , Chairman, Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital, 2401 West Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, 21215, Maryland, USA

    Mark R. Katlic

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Lagoo-Deenadayalan, S.A., Newell, M.A., Pofahl, W.E. (2011). Common Perioperative Complications in Older Patients. In: Rosenthal, R., Zenilman, M., Katlic, M. (eds) Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6999-6_29

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