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Review
. 2025 Feb;41(1):1-18.
doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2024.03.003.

Perioperative Pulmonary Complications in the Older Adults: The Forgotten System

Zyad J Carr  1 , Saul Siller  2 , Brittany J McDowell  3
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Review

Perioperative Pulmonary Complications in the Older Adults: The Forgotten System

Zyad J Carr et al. Clin Geriatr Med. 2025 Feb.

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; Geriatric; Older adults; Perioperative; Postoperative; Pulmonary complications.

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