Alghamdi Abdulkareem S, Almuzayyen Hisham, Chowdhury Tumul
Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Associate Professor, Staff Anesthesiologist, Toronto Western Hospital, Clinical Investigator, UHN, University of Toronto, Canada.
Saudi J Anaesth. 2023 Oct-Dec;17(4):540-549. doi: 10.4103/sja.sja_528_23. Epub 2023 Aug 18.
It is increasingly conceivable that elderly patients will be treated in perioperative settings as the world's population shifts toward an older age distribution. They are more prone to a variety of unfavorable outcomes as a consequence of the physiological changes that accompany aging and the coexistence of multiple medical conditions. Postoperative complications in elderly patients are linked to a large increase in morbidity and mortality and the burden placed on the healthcare system. Our goal is to determine how elderly patients' recovery after anesthesia differs from that of younger patients. In addition, we will discuss the main postoperative complications experienced by elderly patients and the measures that are utilized to limit the risk of these complications developing.
随着世界人口趋向老龄化分布，越来越可以想象老年患者将在围手术期接受治疗。由于衰老伴随的生理变化以及多种疾病并存，他们更容易出现各种不良后果。老年患者术后并发症与发病率和死亡率大幅上升以及医疗保健系统所承受的负担相关。我们的目标是确定老年患者麻醉后的恢复与年轻患者有何不同。此外，我们将讨论老年患者术后主要的并发症以及用于限制这些并发症发生风险的措施。
