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Perioperative Medicine

Pre-operative assessment and perioperative care of older adults.

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Papers III–IV, 2009–2025
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  1. Paper III15-mark essay

    Perioperative assessment and management in older people

    Age alone is not a contraindication. Patients over 70 have higher rates of major perioperative complications and mortality after major non-cardiac surgery, but mortality remains low even beyond 80. Outcome is determined far more by the…

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  2. Paper IV7-mark note + 6-mark note

    Perioperative / Pre-operative Care and Assessment of the Elderly

    Perioperative care of an older person means three things — pre-operative risk assessment and optimisation, intra-operative safety, and post-operative recovery. It is a team job involving the physician, surgeon and anaesthetist. Age…

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