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<p>With the steady increase of older people in society, a progressively greater number of patients belonging to the geriatric group need surgical treatment. Since elderly patients with reduced physiological reserve and organ failure often have chronic diseases, geriatric syndrome, and other clinical problems, the perioperative nursing of elderly patients is more complicated. Therefore, we need to comprehensively consider clinical issues, such as patients’ preoperative status, surgical risks, and postoperative quality of life and life expectancy, and conduct comprehensive evaluations and holistic, individualized, and continuous nursing and therapy through the participation of interdisciplinary teams to achieve better curative effects. Here, the perioperative nursing of elderly patients is reviewed, including preoperative evaluation and nursing, intraoperative management, and postoperative nursing.</p>
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With the steady increase of older people in society, a progressively greater number of patients belonging to the geriatric group need surgical treatment. Since elderly patients with reduced physiological reserve and organ failure often have chronic diseases, geriatric syndrome, and other clinical problems, the perioperative nursing of elderly patients is more complicated. Therefore, we need to comprehensively consider clinical issues, such as patients’ preoperative status, surgical risks, and postoperative quality of life and life expectancy, and conduct comprehensive evaluations and holistic, individualized, and continuous nursing and therapy through the participation of interdisciplinary teams to achieve better curative effects. Here, the perioperative nursing of elderly patients is reviewed, including preoperative evaluation and nursing, intraoperative management, and postoperative nursing.

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The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University

Frontiers of Nursing

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Application of a perioperative nursing strategy in the surgical treatment of elderly patients: a narrative review

With the steady increase of older people in society, a progressively greater number of patients belonging to the geriatric group need surgical treatment. Since...

Application of a perioperative nursing strategy in the surgical treatment of elderly patients: a narrative review^†

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Apr 13, 2022

Page range: 1 - 9

Received: Apr 03, 2021

Accepted: Aug 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0001

Keywords
assessment, interdisciplinary team, management, nursing, elderly people, perioperation

© 2022 Ding-Yang Lyu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Application of a perioperative nursing strategy in the surgical treatment of elderly patients: a narrative review†

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Apr 13, 2022

Page range: 1 - 9

Received: Apr 03, 2021

Accepted: Aug 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0001

Keywordsassessment, interdisciplinary team, management, nursing, elderly people, perioperation

© 2022 Ding-Yang Lyu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Application of a perioperative nursing strategy in the surgical treatment of elderly patients: a narrative review^†

Keywords
assessment, interdisciplinary team, management, nursing, elderly people, perioperation