Publications by authors named "S Wingfield"
The role of geriatric assessment in the care of older adults undergoing urologic cancer surgery.
Curr Opin Urol
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Older adults having urologic cancer surgery have specific needs that require tailored risk assessment and management strategies.
- Recent studies highlight that frailty screening tools like the G8 can effectively pinpoint patients at higher risk for complications post-surgery.
- Comprehensive geriatric assessments (CGA) offer further insights into older patients' vulnerabilities, and implementing these screenings can enhance care for this demographic in surgical settings.*
Article Synopsis
- This study examined factors that influence whether patients go to post-acute rehabilitation (PAR) or go home after spinal surgery, analyzing data from 241 patients who underwent multi-level spinal decompression and fusion between 2016 and 2022.
- Results showed that 63% of patients went to PAR, with a higher percentage of females and those with mood disorders being discharged to PAR compared to their counterparts.
- Key findings indicate that females are 2.43 times more likely and patients with mood disorders are 2.81 times more likely to be sent to PAR, suggesting these factors influence discharge outcomes.
Study Design: Single-center retrospective study.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of psoas muscle mass defined sarcopenia with perioperative outcomes in geriatric patients undergoing elective spine surgery.
Methods: We included geriatric patients undergoing thoracolumbar spinal surgery.
Background: Different anesthetic drugs and patient factors yield unique electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns. Yet, it is unclear how best to teach trainees to interpret EEG time series data and the corresponding spectral information for intraoperative anesthetic titration, or what effect this might have on outcomes.
Methods: We developed an electronic learning curriculum (ELC) that covered EEG spectrogram interpretation and its use in anesthetic titration.