To discuss the growing challenge of surgery in the rapidly enlarging geriatric population, the American College of Surgeons together with The American Geriatrics Society sponsored a half-day session ...

Older adults who develop a new geriatric syndrome—such as dehydration, delirium, or malnutrition—after major surgery face a dramatically higher risk of poor outcomes, including more complications, ...

A national pilot program designed to improve outcomes for elderly surgical patients is scalable and can be implemented in a wide range of hospital types - from community hospitals to urban academic ...

CHICAGO: A national pilot program designed to improve outcomes for elderly surgical patients is scalable and can be implemented in a wide range of hospital types—from community hospitals to urban ...

Implementing the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) program can reduce rates of death after surgery and increase the percentage of patients with documentation ...

Frailty and dementia appear to have an outsized effect on one-year mortality after major surgery, a first-of-its-kind study reveals. The results highlight the importance of geriatric conditions as a ...

Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds much-needed light on the risks seniors face when having invasive procedures.

Following surgery, some older adults — particularly those who are already living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of ...

Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital became the first hospital in New England to receive the American College of Surgeons’ Level 2 Verification-Focused Excellence status in its Geriatric Surgery ...

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, a member of LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, Md., has opened the Sinai Center for Geriatric Surgery. The center is the first in the nation to offer surgical care ...

New research on surgery outcomes for patients 65 years of age and older is shining light on better ways for seniors to approach major operations. Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of ...