Association of a Frailty Screening Initiative With Postoperative Survival at 30, 180, and 365 Days | Zendy

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Association of a Frailty Screening Initiative With Postoperative Survival at 30, 180, and 365 Days

Author(s) -

Daniel E. Hall,

Shipra Arya,

Kendra K. Schmid,

Mark A. Carlson,

Pierre Lavedan,

Travis L. Bailey,

Georgia Purviance,

Tammy Bockman,

Thomas G. Lynch,

Jason M. Johanning

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.4219

Subject(s) - medicine , association (psychology) , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , general surgery , epistemology , philosophy

As the US population ages, the number of operations performed on elderly patients will likely increase. Frailty predicts postoperative mortality and morbidity more than age alone, thus presenting opportunities to identify the highest-risk surgical patients and improve their outcomes.

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