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Postanesthesia Care for the Elderly Patient.

Paul S García1, Elizabeth W Duggan2, Ian L McCullough2

  • 1US Department of Veterans Affairs, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia; Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Clinical Therapeutics
|November 25, 2015
PubMed
Summary
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Elderly patients require careful anesthetic drug selection due to age-related organ changes. Anesthesiologists must anticipate altered pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for safe perioperative care.

Keywords:
anesthesiadeliriumelderlypolypharmacyrecoverysurgery

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Area of Science:

  • Geriatric Anesthesia
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Aging population necessitates specialized perioperative care.
  • Increased incidence of age-related diseases impacts surgical risk.
  • Anesthetic management requires consideration of comorbidities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Review anesthetic considerations for elderly patients.
  • Identify rational drug choices for perioperative care.
  • Address intraoperative and postoperative challenges in older adults.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of perioperative and postoperative aspects in the elderly.
  • PubMed database search utilizing author-derived keywords.
  • Focused review on age-related organ system changes.

Main Results:

  • Anesthesiologists must consider cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, and CNS changes.
  • Altered pharmacokinetics due to anatomic and functional changes are common.
  • Elderly patients exhibit exaggerated hypoactivity post-anesthesia.

Conclusions:

  • Preoperative identification of patients at risk for delirium is crucial.
  • Appropriate management of postanesthesia complications prevents prolonged hospitalization.
  • Optimizing perioperative care reduces escalation of care in older adults.