Performance of a comprehensive geriatric assessment aimed at the determination of risks for practices and procedures (dripp) in the elderly
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Aging is associated with an increased prevalence of multiple diseases, and also with decline in functional and physiologic reserve. Elderly patients have an increased risk to develop complications after surgeries and various oncological interventions. Decision-making processes are complex in several cases, and detection of all this geriatric comorbidity is not covered by many of the classic models for risk prediction. This article describes a comprehensive geriatric assessment tool for detection of risks for practices and procedures (DRIPP) in the elderly, which was developed and is used in the setting of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. The aim of DRIPP is the systematic detection of clinical and geriatric risk factors associated with poor outcomes, and from which specific management recommendations are generated, as well as provides more information for the proper development of the informed consent and decision making processes. The transverse and longitudinal integration with different disciplines and instances for patient’s follow up, are an essential feature, resulting in healthcare and academic advantages
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