TY  - JOUR
T1  - Surgery in the geriatric patient: Aging, the heart, emergencies, and us
AU  - Zenilman ME
Y1  - 2007/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.142.2.109
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 109
EP  - 110
VL  - 142
IS  - 2
N2  - 
I have had an interest in surgery in the elderly ever since I cared for patients at a large geriatric center in Baltimore, Md. With the significant increase in our older patients, elderly surgery is now a popular topic for grand rounds and symposia. The message I always try to stress is that 2 issues affect outcome in these patients: the presence of an active comorbid illness (mainly cardiac disease) and emergency surgery. If we get control of these illnesses perioperatively, our elderly patients can do very well. Last month I updated data for my talks and I will show herein that things are looking pretty good for our older patients.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.142.2.109
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.142.2.109
ER  -