Preoperative assessment, optimisation and shared decision making in older patients with multiple comorbidities, frailty or cognitive impairment require a cross specialty approach involving anaesthetists, surgeons, geriatricians, pharmacists and allied ...
Preoperative assessment, optimisation and shared decision making in older patients with multiple comorbidities, frailty or cognitive impairment require a cross specialty approach involving anaesthetists, surgeons, geriatricians, pharmacists and allied health professionals. Liaison with a clinical pharmacist to support older patients with polypharmacy in the perioperative period will enable optimisation of medicines and improved management of the patients’ non-surgical comorbidities during...