Frailty in the older surgical patient: a review

JSL Partridge, D Harari, JK Dhesi - Age and ageing, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The rate of surgical procedures in the older population is rising. Despite surgical,
anaesthetic and medical advances, older surgical patients continue to suffer from adverse …

The delirium experience: what is the effect on patients, relatives and staff and what can be done to modify this?

JSL Partridge, FC Martin, D Harari… - International journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Delirium is a common clinical syndrome with significant associated mortality,
morbidity and financial cost. Less is understood about the experience of delirium for the patient…

[HTML][HTML] Distress in delirium: causes, assessment and management

ST Williams, JK Dhesi, JSL Partridge - European Geriatric Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Delirium is a common clinical syndrome associated with increased physical and
psychological morbidity, mortality, inpatient stay and healthcare costs. There is growing …

[HTML][HTML] Frailty and poor functional status are common in arterial vascular surgical patients and affect postoperative outcomes

JSL Partridge, M Fuller, D Harari, PR Taylor… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives Increasing numbers of older people are undergoing emergency and elective
arterial vascular procedures. Many older patients are frail which is a recognised predictor of …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and impact of undiagnosed cognitive impairment in older vascular surgical patients

JSL Partridge, JK Dhesi, JD Cross, JW Lo… - Journal of vascular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective The objectives of this observational cohort study were to investigate the prevalence
of undiagnosed cognitive impairment in older patients presenting for vascular surgery, to …

Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: observations from the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) years 1–4

RM Aitken, JSL Partridge, CM Oliver, D Murray… - Age and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background older patients aged ≥65 years constitute the majority of the National Emergency
Laparotomy Audit (NELA) population. To better understand this group and inform future …

Where are we in perioperative medicine for older surgical patients? A UK survey of geriatric medicine delivered services in surgery

JSL Partridge, G Collingridge, AL Gordon… - Age and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: national reports have highlighted deficiencies in care provided to older surgical
patients and suggested a role for innovative, collaborative, inter-specialty models of care. …

[HTML][HTML] Frailty in the perioperative setting

JK Dhesi, NP Lees, JSL Partridge - Clinical Medicine, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The frailty syndrome is defined as a decrease in physiological reserve across multiple organ
systems leading to increased vulnerability to external stressors. Studies across surgical …

Preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessment and optimisation prior to elective arterial vascular surgery: a health economic analysis

JSL Partridge, A Healey, B Modarai, D Harari… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background increasing numbers of older people are undergoing vascular surgery. Preoperative
comprehensive geriatric assessment and optimisation (CGA) reduces postoperative …

New guidelines for the perioperative care of people living with frailty undergoing elective and emergency surgery—a commentary

JSL Partridge, J Ryan, JK Dhesi - Age and ageing, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Frailty is common in the older population and is a predictor of adverse outcomes following
emergency and elective surgery. Identification of frailty is key to enable targeted intervention …