Effects of the frailty phenotype on post-operative complications in older surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Frailty has been generally been associated with adverse events in older patients under surgery. Frailty phenotype is the most widely used instrument in the research literature. However the effect of the frailty phenotype on post-operative events was still unclear. The purpose of...

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Main Authors: Binru Han, Qiuping Li, Xi Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1153-8