Anesthetic considerations for surgical treatment of geriatric hip fracture.

Author: Dong Kyu LEE ¹ ; Seunguk BANG ; Sangseok LEE
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1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul.
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Anesthesia; Geriatric; Hip fractures; Hip replacement arthroplasty; Pain control
MeSH: Anesthesia; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Comorbidity; Hip Fractures; Hip*; Humans; Mortality
From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2019;14(1):8-18
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Hip fracture is one of the most common traumatic fractures in geriatric patients. With the increase in the geriatric population, physicians are more concerned about anesthetic management of these patients and a lot of articles have been published in relation to geriatric hip fracture. Due to age related comorbidities and physical status, perioperative management of these patients are complex and related to mortality and morbidity. Anesthesia and pain control for these patients are directly related to the postoperative outcome. This article summarizes the most recent opinions about perioperative management of geriatric hip fracture patients at the point of preoperative evaluation, anesthetic managements, and pain control.