Pre-surgical Protocol for Frail Elderly People in Order to Reduce Hospitalization Days (APOPM). (APOPM)
Surgery, Old Age; Debility, Frail Elderly Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Surgery focused on measuring Older adults, Perioperative Care, Frail Elderly Syndrome, Pre-habilitation, length of stay in hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Elective surgery of urology and / or minimally invasive coloproctology under general anesthesia
- Pre-frail, frail patients.
- Patients with a moderate to severe degree of dependence
Exclusion Criteria:
- Emergency surgery patients.
- Patients who are hospitalized prior to surgery for urgent reasons and / or complications from another surgery.
- Patients diagnosed with delirum, dementia or similar mental illness.
Sites / Locations
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de ChileRecruiting
- Hospital de La FloridaRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Control
Intervention
The control group will have a nursing evaluation and then follow the surgeon's instructions in the current standard way until de surgery day. In that day the RN will be evaluate again these group. Then, this group will be followed within the hospital and the first, second and third month after discharge.
The intervention group will have a nursing evaluation and then will attend an evaluation by geriatarics team, kinesiology and nutrition, where a plan of physical cardiovascular, nutritional and metabolic prehabilitation is delivered. On the day of surgery, the RN will evaluate this group again. Then, this group will be followed within the hospital and the first, second and third month after discharge.