Association of the Modified Frailty Index With 30-Day Surgical Readmission | Zendy

Tyler S. Wahl | Zendy; Laura A. Graham | Zendy; Mary T. Hawn | Zendy; Joshua Richman | Zendy; Robert H. Hollis | Zendy; Caroline E. Jones | Zendy; Laurel A. Copeland | Zendy; Edith Burns | Zendy; Kamal M.F. Itani | Zendy; Melanie S. Morris | Zendy

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Association of the Modified Frailty Index With 30-Day Surgical Readmission

Author(s) -

Tyler S. Wahl,

Laura A. Graham,

Mary T. Hawn,

Joshua Richman,

Robert H. Hollis,

Caroline E. Jones,

Laurel A. Copeland,

Edith Burns,

Kamal M.F. Itani,

Melanie S. Morris

Publication year - 2017

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.2017.1025

Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , retrospective cohort study , veterans affairs , emergency department , odds ratio , orthopedic surgery , emergency medicine , vascular surgery , surgery , complication , cardiac surgery , psychiatry

Frail patients are known to have poor perioperative outcomes. There is a paucity of literature investigating how the Modified Frailty Index (mFI), a validated measure of frailty, is associated with unplanned readmission among military veterans following surgery.

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