Evaluation of internal medicine physician or multidisciplinary team comanagement of surgical patients and clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Shaw, AM Pelecanos, AM Mudge - JAMA Network Open, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Older patients who undergo surgery may benefit from geriatrician
comanagement. It is unclear whether other internal medicine (IM) physician involvement …

Orthogeriatric co-management for the care of older subjects with hip fracture: recommendations from an Italian intersociety consensus

A De Vincentis, AU Behr, G Bellelli, M Bravi… - Aging Clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Health outcomes of older subjects with hip fracture (HF) may be negatively
influenced by multiple comorbidities and frailty. An integrated multidisciplinary approach (ie …

Frailty in the older person undergoing elective surgery: a trigger for enhanced multidisciplinary management–a narrative review

A Subramaniam, R Tiruvoipati, M Lodge… - ANZ Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The ageing of our society has led to increasing numbers of older people
requiring elective surgical procedures. Preoperative frailty is a strong predictor of adverse …

Contribution of general medicine to perioperative and consultative care: an Australian metropolitan teaching hospital experience

D Buxton, AVX Low, HH Gibbs… - Internal Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about the contribution of general medicine to perioperative and consultative
care in Australia. A descriptive observational study was undertaken at a quaternary …

A comparison of two preoperative frailty models in predicting postoperative outcomes in geriatric general surgical patients

A Andreou, K Lasithiotakis, M Venianaki… - World Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Frailty in a surgical geriatric population may identify patients at increased risk of
complications. However, the optimal method to diagnose it remains to be identified. This …

[HTML][HTML] Which preoperative screening tool should be applied to older patients undergoing elective surgery to predict short-term postoperative outcomes? Lessons …

R Aitken, NS Harun, AB Maier - Internal and Emergency Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Older surgical patients have a higher risk of postoperative mortality and
morbidity compared to younger patients. Timely identification of high-risk patients facilitates …

Special needs of frail people undergoing emergency laparotomy surgery

K McCarthy, J Hewitt - Age and ageing, 2020 - academic.oup.com
There are now over 30 000 emergency laparotomies under taken in the UK every year, a
figure that is increasing year on year. Over half of these people are aged over 70 years old …

[HTML][HTML] The ageing population in healthcare: A challenge to, and in, the workforce

E Nicol - Clinical Medicine, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
emotionally. As is highlighted, our decision making must be underpinned by the mantra 'no
decision about me, without me', which is of utmost importance in this vulnerable population …

HEARTS, minds and souls—it is time for geriatricians to bring more to continence management

M Schlögl, A Gordon - Age and Ageing, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Urinary incontinence (UI), the involuntary loss of urine, is a common health condition that
may decrease the quality of life and which increases in incidence and prevalence with age …

Improving the care of older surgical patients–Implementation and evaluation of a new model of care in the general surgical setting

C Norris - 2023 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
Introduction Older people are increasingly undergoing surgical procedures. This population
is at increased risk of complications and poor outcomes. Collaborative care between …