Routine frailty assessment predicts postoperative complications in elderly patients across surgical disciplines – a retrospective observational study

Routine frailty assessment predicts postoperative complications in elderly patients across surgical disciplines – a retrospective observational study

Abstract Background Frailty is a frequent and underdiagnosed functional syndrome involving reduced physiological reserves and an increased vulnerability against stressors, with severe individual and socioeconomic consequences. A routine frailty assessment was implemented at our preoperative anaesthe...

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Main Authors: Oliver Birkelbach, Rudolf Mörgeli, Claudia Spies, Maria Olbert, Björn Weiss, Maximilian Brauner, Bruno Neuner, Roland C. E. Francis, Sascha Treskatsch, Felix Balzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Frailty
Elderly
Perioperative
Outcome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-019-0880-x

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