关注老年患者的围术期管理

随着老龄化进程的加剧和国人预期寿命的延长,会有越来越多的老年患者接受外科手术。但是老年患者因为器官功能的退化常常合并多种疾病,如脑梗死、心脏缺血性疾病、高血压和糖尿病等。复杂的病情会显著增加围术期并发症发生的风险,并给围术期管理带来极大的挑战。麻醉科医师可以通过优化围术期麻醉管理方案改善患者预后。

Perioperative care for geriatric patients

As the population aging and prolonged life expectancy, there would be more and more surgical operations for the elderly in China. Besides organ dysfunction, the elderly also simultaneously suffered many comorbidities, such as stroke, cardiac ischemic disease, hypertension and diabetes. The specific characteristic of the elderly increases the incidence of postoperative complications and mortality, and presents a big challenge for perioperative management. Anesthesiologists may play important role in improving outcome of the elderly patients by optimizing perioperative management.