Priority areas for outcomes improvement among older adults undergoing inpatient general surgery inclusive of geriatric‐pertinent complications
Delirium is the leading complication among older adults undergoing inpatient surgery. Overall, a small number of complications and procedure groups account for most surgical morbidity and mortality among older adults and thus constitute priority areas for outcomes improvement.
Authors
- Hadiza S. Kazaure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9358-3019)
- Kimberly S. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0748-6010)
- Ronnie A. Rosenthal
- Sandhya Lagoo‐Deenadayalan
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12331
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80