Assessing Preoperative Frailty Utilizing Validated Geriatric Mortality Calculators and Their Association With Postoperative Hip Fracture Mortality Risk

Assessing Preoperative Frailty Utilizing Validated Geriatric Mortality Calculators and Their Association With Postoperative Hip Fracture Mortality Risk

Introduction: End-of-life surgical care is a major concern with a significant number of operations performed within the last year of life; surgery for hip fractures is a prime example. Unfortunately, no simple objective tool exists to assess life expectancy in the postoperative period. The goal of o...

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Main Authors: Jennifer G. Dwyer MD, Jason F. Reynoso MD, Georgia A. Seevers RN, Kendra K. Schmid PhD, Padmashri Muralidhar MS, Beau Konigsberg MD, Thomas G. Lynch MD, Jason M. Johanning MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-09-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458514537272

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