Association of Integrated Care Coordination With Postsurgical Outcomes in High-Risk Older Adults: The Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Older adults undergoing elective surgery experience higher rates of preventable postoperative complications than younger patients.

Objective

To assess clinical outcomes for older adults undergoing elective abdominal surgery via a collaborative intervention by surgery, geriatrics, and anesthesia focused on perioperative health optimization.

Design, setting, and participants

Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) is a quality improvement initiative with prospective data collection. Participants in an existing geriatrics-based clinic within a single-site academic health center were included if they were at high risk for complications (ie, older than 85 years or older than 65 years with cognitive impairment, recent weight loss, multimorbidity, or po

SUBMITTER: McDonald SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875304 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature