[Clinical practice guidelines for perioperative monitoring in elderly patients (2026 edition)]

Standardizing perioperative monitoring practices for elderly patients hold significant importance for systematic surgical risk management, optimizing healthcare resource allocation, and implementing the "Healthy Aging" strategy. Accordingly, the Geriatric Anesthesia and Perioperative Management Group of the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology, in collaboration with the National Alliance of Geriatric Anesthesia has developed the "Clinical practice guidelines for perioperative monitoring in elderly patients (2026 edition)" based on China's clinical realities and available evidence. The guideline covers core perioperative monitoring domains, including basic vital signs and cerebral, cardiac, pulmonary, coagulation, renal, and hepatic functions, resulting in 26 recommendations. It aims to provide standardized perioperative monitoring guidance for elderly surgical patients, transforming advanced age as an independent risk factor into quantifiable and intervenable clinical pathways.