Seymour D G, Vaz F G
Br J Hosp Med. 1987 Feb;37(2):102-4, 106, 108 passim.
Currently, approximately one in four patients admitted to surgical beds is over 65 years of age and about 10% are over 75. Much of the excess morbidity and mortality in the older patient appears to have its roots in coincidental medical problems which are present before operation. This is the rationale behind a careful preoperative medical assessment in the older patient.
目前，入住外科病床的患者中约有四分之一年龄超过65岁，约10%的患者年龄超过75岁。老年患者过多的发病率和死亡率在很大程度上似乎源于术前就存在的一些并发的内科问题。这就是对老年患者进行仔细术前医学评估的基本原理。
