Optimizing perioperative management of geriatric patients with head and neck cancer Journal Article

  


Authors: Shuman, A. G.; Patel, S. G.; Shah, J. P.; Korc-Grodzicki, B.
Article Title: Optimizing perioperative management of geriatric patients with head and neck cancer
Abstract: Given emerging demographic trends, many more elderly patients are being diagnosed with head and neck cancers. The surgical care paradigm for this cohort of patients must take into account specific challenges inherent to geriatric perioperative management. This article attempts to summarize the existing body of literature relevant to the geriatric head and neck cancer population, and to extrapolate relevant data from geriatric perioperative medicine in order to better understand and guide management decisions. The involvement of geriatricians and of patients' primary care providers may be invaluable in assisting in complex perioperative decision-making and in participating in longitudinal management. Preoperative risk stratification and assessment of medical, social, and functional variables are critical for appropriate decision-making in this challenging patient population. Copyright © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords: cancer surgery; functional assessment; review; postoperative care; medical decision making; demography; practice guideline; head and neck cancer; risk stratification; health care personnel; surgery; perioperative period; life expectancy; geriatric patient; operating room; geriatric assessment; geriatrics; stratification; perioperative care; human; priority journal; geriatrician
Journal Title: Head & Neck
Volume: 36
Issue: 5
ISSN: 1043-3074
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  
Date Published: 2014-05-01
Start Page: 743
End Page: 749
Language: English
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23347
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 23596001
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Notes: Head Neck -- Export Date: 2 June 2014 -- CODEN: HEANE -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Beatriz Korc-Grodzicki
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  2. Snehal G Patel
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  3. Jatin P Shah
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  4. Andrew Gregg Shuman
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