Improving Care and Outcomes for Older Vascular Surgical Patients

Geriatric syndromes are common in older vascular surgery inpatients and associated with poorer outcomes. Multidisciplinary geriatric interventions can reduce geriatric syndromes in other inpatient groups. This pilot study examined the effect of a multidisciplinary improvement intervention for older vascular surgery patients.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 24, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Alison Mudge, Prue Mcrae, Michael Reade, Peter Donovan, Jason Jenkins, Melanie Foster, Philip Walker Tags: Abstract from the 2015 Annual Meetings of the Western Vascular Society and Australia and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery Source Type: research