Grand Rounds: Eastman presents “What's the Real Risk? Pre-Operative Geriatric Evaluation”

On August 11, 2022, Alexis Eastman, MD, presented the Grand Rounds lecture “What's the Real Risk? Pre-Operative Geriatric Evaluation” to the UW Department of Ob-Gyn. Eastman is an associate professor in the UW SMPH Department of Medicine.

In the lecture, Eastman explained the physiologic changes of aging that increase peri-operative risk, identified key factors that determine a patient’s risk for poor post-operative outcomes, walked through processes to evaluate patients for comprehensive peri-operative risk, and shared effective and enactable clinical strategies to mitigate a patient’s peri-operative risk.

Watch the whole lecture here.