Hospital & Healthcare Management August 5, 2024
Preoperative risk assessment is critical in ensuring the safety and success of surgical procedures, especially as our elderly population grows and the demand for complex surgeries increases. By 2041, 26% of the UK’s population will be over 65 years old, up from 18% in 2016. Similarly, in the United States, roughly one in six residents were 65 or older in 2020, a substantial increase from less than one in 20 a century earlier.
With an aging demographic increasingly undergoing intricate surgeries, preoperative evaluation is no longer a mere formality but a critical component of comprehensive patient care. Now, a greater number of elderly individuals and those with multiple health problems are subjected to high-risk surgical procedures, which can result in...
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