Perioperative Pulmonary Complications in the Elderly: The Forgotten System

Abstract

With a rapidly aging population and increasing global surgical volumes, managing the elevated risk of perioperative pulmonary complications has become an expanding focus for quality improvement in health care. In this narrative review, we will analyze the evidence-based literature to provide high-quality and actionable management strategies to better detect, stratify risk, optimize, and manage perioperative pulmonary complications in geriatric populations.

Keywords: Anesthesia; Elderly; Geriatric; Perioperative; Postoperative; Pulmonary complications.