Issues in Aging - Surgery

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Death by Bed Rest
Mindy Fain, MD
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Off-Site Links

National Institute on Aging: Age Page: Considering Surgery?
emedicine: Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Patient

Review Articles

Christmas, C., Makary, M. A., & Burton, J. R. (2006). Medical considerations in older surgical patients. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 203(5), 746-751

Loran, D. B., Hyde, B. R., & Zwischenberger, J. B. (2005). Perioperative management of special populations: The geriatric patient. The Surgical clinics of North America, 85(6), 1259-66, xi