Some factors that place an older adult at more risk during surgery are:
a. loosening of arterial walls, decrease in calciumdeposits within small arteries, increasedsubcutaneous tissue and increased fragility of skin
b. rigidity of arterial walls, increase in calciumdeposits within small arteries, increasedsubcutaneous tissue and decreased fragility of skin.
c. rigidity of arterial walls, decrease in calciumdeposits within small arteries, increased
subcutaneous tissue and decreased fragility of skin.
d. rigidity of arterial walls, increase in calcium
deposits within small arteries, decreased
subcutaneous tissue and increased fragility of skin.
d
Alterations in arteries and arterial walls predispose
the older adult to blood pressure rises and clot formation.
Decreased subcutaneous tissue and increased fragility of skin
increase the probability of pressure sore formation.
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