Open AccessFrailty predicts mortality in all emergency surgical admissions regardless of age. An observational study
Author(s) -
Jonathan Hewitt,
Ben Carter,
Kathryn McCarthy,
Lyndsay Pearce,
Jennifer Law,
Faye Wilson,
H S Tay,
Caroline McCormack,
Michael Stechman,
Susan Moug,
Phyo Kyaw Myint
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afy217
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , emergency medicine , prospective cohort study , mortality rate , cohort , cohort study , pediatrics
frail patients in any age group are more likely to die than those that are not frail. We aimed to evaluate the impact of frailty on clinical mortality, readmission rate and length of stay for emergency surgical patients of all ages.
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