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Read MoreAuthors: Ryan McGinn, MD MSc et al Anesthesiology May 2023. Background Patients with frailty consistently experience higher rates of perioperative morbidity and mortality; however, costs attributable to frailty remain poorly defined. We sought to identify older patients with and without frailty using a validated, multidimensional frailty index and estimated the attributable costs in the year […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jeanna D. Blitz, MD, FASA et al ASA Monitor March 2023, Vol. 87, 27–28. Brain health is inextricably linked with overall physical health. Evidence for the mind-body connection and the bi-directional relationship between them continues to emerge. The past decade has also seen the emergence of a focus on multifactorial quality and outcomes metrics within […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michelle L. Humeidan, MD, PhD; Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 1–6. Life is most delightful when it is on the downward slope, but has not yet reached the abrupt decline. – Seneca We have all encountered geriatric patients amid or on the precipice of an “abrupt decline” in health. Our […]
Read MoreAuthors: Heather Lander, MD et al ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 20–21. According to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) publication, in 2020 the number of people aged 60 years and older outnumbered children younger than 5 years worldwide (asamonitor.pub/3NC2L83). Simultaneous to the rapidly growing older population, their surgical and perioperative needs are also increasing. […]
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