Clinical issues - perioperative assessment and care
Overview
- Perioperative assessment in older patients extends beyond standard anaesthetic fitness assessment to include frailty, cognition, and functional reserve - factors that independently predict postoperative complications beyond conventional cardiac/respiratory risk scoring
- Frailty, more than chronological age alone, predicts postoperative complications, prolonged length of stay, and loss of independence after surgery
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