Peri-operative care for surgical patients

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Proactive care of older people undergoing surgery

23 May 2012

More older people are undergoing surgery, but postoperative outcomes are worse than for younger patients. This case study looks at the Proactive Care of Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) team at Guy's and St Thomas's.

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus: treatment seeks disease

01 May 2018

Definitions of a disease typically revolve around finding a pathological process in a part of the body that produces an identifiable combination of symptoms and signs. Which parts of this are true for NPH?
 

 

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How do I improve delirium care for older surgical patients?

20 April 2018

Delirium is categorised by a sudden onset of fluctuating altered consciousness with changes to perception and cognitive function.

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Peri-operative Care for Older Patients Undergoing Surgery

23 January 2015

The rate of older people undergoing surgical procedures is increasing faster than the rate of population ageing . Despite this progress, older surgical patients remain at increased risk.

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Recognising frailty

11 June 2014

Frailty means patients with what appear to be straightforward symptoms may be masking a more serious underlying problem. How to recognise frailty in a routine situation, emergency situation, or in an outpatient surgical setting, including a range of established tests you can use. 

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Improving care for older surgical patients

01 October 2012
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Perioperative medicine: we’ve come a long way but there is still a long road ahead

03 May 2019

As the population ages, increasing numbers of older people are presenting for elective and / or emergency surgical intervention. This group is at higher risk of adverse postoperative outcome, likely due to underlying comorbidity and frailty, increasing vulnerability to decompensation after surgery. 

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A dream on fire – perioperative geriatrics across the world

03 September 2018

It starts with a dream – in each case, someone thinking that we need to do something to provide better care for older people undergoing surgery. I recently had the fortune of doing clinical observerships and experiencing what perioperative geriatrics is like in three different places.

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Spring Meeting 2019

10 April 2019

The latest scientific research and best clinical practice in healthcare of older people

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Autumn Meeting 2018

14 November 2018
LONDON

The BGS Autumn Meeting will cover the latest scientific research and the best clinical practice in care of older people. Our ageing population is stimulating extensive NHS service redesign to deal with the challenge of caring for larger numbers of older people both in and out of hospitals. 

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Wessex Region Autumn Meeting 2018

18 September 2018
BOURNEMOUTH

6th annual Wessex CRN ageing research meeting and regional BGS

Topics covered include

  • Parkinsons' Disease
  • Care Home Medicine
  • Frailty
  • Sarcopenia
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