Geriatrician & Gen Physician | Perioperative care of Older Patients undergoing Surgery (POPS) | Trauma in Older Persons Service (TOPS)
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined March 2016
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Rachel Aitken retweeted
@clifford0584 @LodgeMargot @RachelMAitken great collaboration between ED docs, geriatricians, surgeons at #ANZTS25 trauma in older patients #TOPSTrauma
Beautiful Wellington NZ
Rachel Aitken retweeted
Why do we uphold Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment? It reduces mortality, improves independence , reduces hospital admissions and can even reverse the progression of frailty. CGA is the way! buff.ly/3ZaQZJc #BGSconf
Great to attend Rajni’s @SDM_doc SDM workshop at the Hunter Geriatrics conference today. Really liked the “ALL BRAN” framework adaptation and frailty patient information leaflet @anzsgm_poc
Rachel Aitken retweeted
At #Hunter meeting in Oz, brill to catch up with colleagues who did #POPS fellowships @POPS_GSTT @GSTTnhs over recent years & are now running/setting up/plotting services in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth @GeriSoc @CPOC_News 😊 BGS in background!
Rachel Aitken retweeted
Inspiring talk by @JKDhesi on #Perioperative medicine! Collaboration & research are key to patient-centred care. From local innovations to global dialogue, the future lies in scaling up & changing minds! 🌍 @GeriSoc @ANZCA @padmakumarc2 @CPOC_News
We were so thankful to have Prof @JKDhesi come visit our perioperative team at the Royal Melbourne Hospital today. We are inspired to continue innovating and collaborating to stay at the forefront of patient-centred care. @anzsgm_poc @POPS_GSTT
Rachel Aitken retweeted
Fixing a broken hip in a timely manner is the humane approach to care - lets support our surgical colleagues in advocating for better access to theatres for this population @ANZHFR @ACSQHC
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Rachel Aitken retweeted
Addressing the international healthcare system challenge with @RachelMAitken, author of:
Which preoperative screening tool should be applied to older patients undergoing elective surgery to predict short-term postoperative outcomes? link.springer.com/article/10… #BGSconf
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Fantastic to hear how #POPS services are being established in Australia from Rachel aitken. Lots happening @anzsgm @anzsgm_poc through collaboration/sharing of resources between @GeriSoc & international teams @SDM_doc
Looking forward to discussing POPS and the international healthcare challenge on Thursday - looks like a fantastic line up, encourage all (especially geriatricians in the periop space) to attend!
Just 1 day until our Spring Meeting! The programme includes streams on topics such as #virtualwards #overprescribing #medicineoptimisation #greenhealthcare #tissueviability. Don't miss out! Register to join us @eicc Edinburgh in person or online. bgs.org.uk/Spring23 #BGSconf
Congratulations Rajni and team on your work highlighting the importance of SDM and utilising SDM tools
Congratulations Prof Dhesi! A career-shaping mentor and inspiration to myself and many others
"I am honoured to be awarded the William Farr Medal on behalf of @CPOC_News @GSTTnhs & BGS. I believe there are exciting times ahead that will help promote perioperative care for older people throughout the surgical pathway, in the NHS & abroad” @JKDhesi bgs.org.uk/policy-and-media/…
Excellent work Janani and team - important insight on what matters to our older patients undergoing surgery
The experience of hospital care for older surgical patients and their carers: A mixed‐methods study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
@boxhele @Drsarahaitken @leannewegwitz @anzsgm_poc @CeraCRGH @SydneyLHD @syd_health @AgeingJ
Highly recommend - a great opportunity for all interested in working in periop care for older people 🩺
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Really encouraging to see the same trends emerging from big cohort data supporting the role of geriatricians in the emergency general surgery space
nela.org.uk/reports#pt NELA shows frailty assoc’d with worse outcome (not new/surprising) but geriatric medicine input reduces mortality (5.9v9.5% in non-frail, 13v22% in frail). But isn’t routine practice! Lots to unpick but chat to @NHSiNet if you want to establish POPS
Looking forward to presenting on perioperative care of older people and geriatric syndromes tomorrow at the Central Coordinating Committee / Hong Kong College of Anaesthetists Perioperative Webinar - registration is free for all to attend, see poster with QR code attached
