Importance Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a global surgical quality
improvement initiative now firmly entrenched within the field of perioperative care. Although …

Importance Perioperative cardiovascular complications occur in 3% of hospitalizations for
noncardiac surgery in the US. This review summarizes evidence regarding cardiovascular …

Importance Intraoperative electroencephalogram (EEG) waveform suppression, often
suggesting excessive general anesthesia, has been associated with postoperative delirium …

The purpose of this update of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) guidelines on
the pre-operative evaluation of the adult undergoing noncardiac surgery is to present …

Introduction: Vulnerable or “frail” patients are susceptible to the development of delirium
when exposed to triggers such as surgical procedures. Once delirium occurs, interventions …

Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols reduce length of stay,
complications and costs for a large number of elective surgical procedures. A similar …

Importance Postoperative delirium in older adults is a common and costly complication after
surgery. Cognitive reserve affects the risk of postoperative delirium, and thus preoperative …

Frailty is an age-related, multi-dimensional state of decreased physiologic reserve that
results in diminished resiliency and increased vulnerability to stressors. It has proven to be …

In the last decade, the population aged 65 years and older increased by 34.2% in the US
and now accounts for a disproportionatenumberofsurgicalprocedur…. Amongthese patients …

Importance Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common condition for older adults,
contributing to their functional decline. Objective To investigate the effectiveness of the …