2024
Priority areas for outcomes improvement among older adults undergoing inpatient general surgery inclusive of geriatric‐pertinent complications
Kazaure H, Johnson K, Rosenthal R, Lagoo‐Deenadayalan S. Priority areas for outcomes improvement among older adults undergoing inpatient general surgery inclusive of geriatric‐pertinent complications. World Journal Of Surgery 2024, 48: 2646-2657. PMID: 39334312, DOI: 10.1002/wjs.12331.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional declineInpatient general surgery proceduresMortality ratePostoperative functional declineWound-related complicationsThirty-day complicationsOutcome improvementGeneral surgery proceduresIndependent functional statusRescue rateSurgical morbidityComplication rateThirty-daySurgery outcomesProcedure groupOlder adultsSurgery proceduresComplicationsPressure ulcersInpatient surgeryPatientsFunctional statusMortality
2017
Care of the Geriatric Surgery Patient: The Surgeon’s Perspective
Hornor M, McDonald J, Anaya D, Rosenthal R. Care of the Geriatric Surgery Patient: The Surgeon’s Perspective. 2017, 85-97. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66878-9_7.ChaptersGeriatric surgical patientsSurgical patientsHigh-quality surgical careHealthcare goalsGeriatric surgery patientsOlder adult patientsRisk of complicationsInterdisciplinary teamAdult patientsAnalgesic planDevastating complicationSurgery patientsEarly mobilizationPerioperative phaseGeriatric patientsGeriatric physiciansOptimal carePatient goalsPredictable complicationsFunctional declineSurgical careHigh riskPatientsPatient engagementPhysical therapists