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 ...

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, ...

The American College of Surgeons and the American Geriatrics Society have collaborated to develop new practice guidelines to improve the care quality of older adults immediately before, during and ...

As the U.S. population ages, surgical programs must evolve to meet the complex needs of older adults. During a featured session at Becker’s Hospital Review 15th Annual Meeting, leaders from Oakland, ...

Psychological distress is common among geriatric surgery patients, and greater preoperative stressors are associated with worse postoperative outcomes.

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 ...

The American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification program significantly decreases hospital stays among older cancer patients, according to researchers who implemented the program at ...

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.

Prognostic Effect of Tumor Lymphocytic Infiltration in Resectable Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Using Nationwide Inpatient Sample data from 2009 to 2011, we examined hospital admissions for major cancer ...

New-onset geriatric syndrome linked to higher risk for 30-day complications, prolonged hospitalization, non-home discharge. (HealthDay News) — For older adults, development of geriatric syndrome (GS) ...