Frailty as a predictor of surgical outcomes in older patients.

By M. Makary, D. Segev, Peter J. Pronovost, Dora Syin, Karen Bandeen-Roche, P. Patel, Ryan K. Takenaga, L. Devgan, C. Holzmueller, Jing Tian and 1 more. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2010

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Physiology

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Citations in the corpus

• Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical patient: a best practices guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society. (2012, background): “Frailty has been shown to independently predict higher rates of postoperative adverse events, increased length of stay, and higher likelihood of discharge to a skilled or assisted-living facility in elderly surgical patients.(93) In addition, intermediate frail patients have elevated risk for postop”
• Operationalization of Frailty Using Eight Commonly Used Scales and Comparison of Their Ability to Predict All‐Cause Mortality (2013, neutral): “With how many of the following activities do you require help? (meal preparation, shopping, transportation, telephone, housekeeping, laundry, managing money, taking medications) 0–1 activities = 0; 2–4 activities = 1; 5–8 activities = 2 Please tell me if you have any difficulty with these because of”
• Frailty in the older surgical patient: a review. (2012, positive): “Studies examining older patients undergoing elective cardiac and non-cardiac surgery quote prevalence rates of frailty at between 41.8 and 50.3% [ 14 – 16 ].”
• Frailty syndrome: an overview (2014, positive): “Both the FI and FP have been shown to be predictive for increased postoperative complications.(67,68) Frailty may also be useful for risk assessment in older patients with cardiovascular conditions, as it predicts increased morbidity and mortality in this elderly patient population, including patien”
• Accumulating deficits model of frailty and postoperative mortality and morbidity: its application to a national database. (2013, background): “[8] Makary MA, Seger DL, Pronovost PJ, et al.”