Postoperative Care After Geriatric Ambulatory Surgery: Several Specific Considerations

In modern societies, elderly populations have increased over the last four decades and have become the main clients of medical services, including anesthesia in an ambulatory care setting, which was first introduced in the early 1900s. With minimal surgical wounds and the broad use of short-acting a...

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Main Authors: Meng-Chi Liu, Chien-Chuan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2008-09-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959808700450