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Colonoscopy in very elderly patients (over 80 years of age) carries a greater risk of complications, adverse events and morbidity than in younger patients, and is associated with lower completion rates and higher chance of poor bowel preparation.
16 Ιουν 2014 · Colonoscopy in very elderly patients carries a greater risk of complications and morbidity than in younger patients, and is associated with lower completion rates and higher likelihood of...
stop screening for colorectal cancer in the elderly, and (3) explain the differ- ence in the risks and benefits of the available colorectal cancer screening modalities.
3 Ιαν 2020 · Learning Objectives: On completion of this article, you should be able to (1) recognize the risk of colorectal cancer in the elderly, (2) determine when to stop screening for colorectal cancer in the elderly, and (3) explain the difference in the risks and benefits of the available colorectal cancer screening modalities.
Methods: We examined risks and benefits of screening in patients aged 70–94 years with differing health status using 3 strategies: annual fecal occult blood tests, flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years, or colonoscopy every 10 years.
1 Δεκ 2013 · COLONOSCOPY COMPLICATIONS IN THE ELDERLY: the impact of age and multimorbidity. There was a significant risk of complications in ≥80 years and in the group with a Charlson index 3, and the cumulative illness rating scale for geriatrics was not a good predictor of risk in this sample.
19 Ιουν 2020 · The study shows that diagnostic and screening colonoscopies detects significantly more colon and rectal cancers compared with surveillance colonoscopies, which suggests that providers could consider discontinuation or longer intervals for surveillance colonoscopy in elderly patients.
