Delirium is a common but often undiagnosed complication in the elderly following a major
operation. Recognizing the presentation of delirium and the criteria to establish the …

Despite a technically perfect procedure, surgical stress can determine the success or failure
of an operation. Surgical trauma is often referred to as the “neglected step-child” of global …

Objectives:(1) Determine the relationship of geriatric assessment markers to 6-month
postoperative mortality in elderly patients.(2) Create a clinical prediction rule using geriatric …

Background: The alpha agonist dexmedetomidine, a sedative and analgesic, reduces heart
rate and blood pressure dose‐dependently. We investigated whether it also has the ability to …

Abstract Background. Although the POSSUM (Physiological and Operative Severity Score
for the enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity) score can be used to calculate operative risk …

Background and objective The prevalence of lung cancer has been increasing in healthy
elderly patients with preserved pulmonary function and without underlying lung diseases …

The incidences of mortality and morbidity associated with anaesthesia were reviewed. Most
of the published incidences for common complications of anaesthesia vary considerably …

Between 1960 and 1994, the population of those 85 years and older in the United States
grew 274%. 1 Similarly, the fastest-growing sector of surgical patients older than 65 years is …

Elderly people represent the fastest-growing segment of our society and undergo surgery
more frequently than other age groups. Effective postoperative analgesia is essential in …

Background. Morbidity is a cornerstone assessing surgical treatment; nevertheless surgeons
have not reached extensive consensus on this problem. Methods and Findings. Clavien …