Risk stratification of older patients
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Operative risk stratification in the older adult.
As the population ages, the health care system must to adapt to the needs of the older population. Hospitalization risks are particularly significant in the frail geriatric patients, with costly and morbid consequences. Appropriate preoperative assessment can identify sources of increased risk and enable the surgical team to manage this risk, through "prehabilitation," intraoperative modificati...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-7061(02)02947-3