Clinical therapeutics
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Clinical therapeutics · Dec 2015
ReviewPreoperative Cognitive and Frailty Screening in the Geriatric Surgical Patient: A Narrative Review.
The identification of older patients who may have deficits in cognitive or functional domains will become more pressing as increasing numbers of these patients present for preoperative evaluations. The number of older adults with deficiencies in these areas is projected to grow, and more of these patients will present for assessment in preoperative clinics with the expectation that surgeries will be performed. ⋯ Clinicians may anticipate that geriatric screening tools focused on cognitive and functional domains will play a direct role in the ongoing evolution of presurgical assessment and triage.