The American College of Surgeons and the American Geriatrics Society have collaborated to develop new practice guidelines to improve the care quality of older adults immediately before, during and ...

As the U.S. population ages, surgical programs must evolve to meet the complex needs of older adults. During a featured session at Becker’s Hospital Review 15th Annual Meeting, leaders from Oakland, ...

A national pilot program designed to improve outcomes for elderly surgical patients is scalable and can be implemented in a wide range of hospital types - from community hospitals to urban academic ...

Older adults who develop a new geriatric syndrome—such as dehydration, delirium, or malnutrition—after major surgery face a dramatically higher risk of poor outcomes, including more complications, ...

Implementing the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) program can reduce rates of death after surgery and increase the percentage of patients with documentation ...

To discuss the growing challenge of surgery in the rapidly enlarging geriatric population, the American College of Surgeons together with The American Geriatrics Society sponsored a half-day session ...

Frailty and dementia appear to have an outsized effect on one-year mortality after major surgery, a first-of-its-kind study reveals. The results highlight the importance of geriatric conditions as a ...

HealthDay News — Psychological distress is common among geriatric surgery patients, and greater preoperative stressor counts ...

Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds much-needed light on the risks seniors face when having invasive procedures.

Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds much-needed light on the risks seniors face when having invasive procedures.