Older black and Hispanic patients have a greater risk than white patients of developing complications following surgery. A difference that can be explained by a patients' gender and pre-existing medical conditions. These findings, which are published today in the iJournal of the American Geriatrics Society /i(iJAGS/i), indicate that efforts to carefully evaluate risk factors prior to surgery need more attention, particularly for older minority patients. ...You have just read an article categorized health
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