Exploring predictors of complication in older surgical patients: A deficit accumulation index and the Braden Scale

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1609-1615

  Cohen, Rachel Rose ^a   Lagoo Deenadayalan, Sandhya A ^a   Heflin, Mitchell T ^a,b   Sloane, Richard ^a   Eisen, Irvin ^a   Thacker, Julie M ^a   Whitson, Heather E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BradenScale; Deficit Accumulation Index; frailty; multidisciplinary; postoperative complication

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADEN SCALE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEFICIT ACCUMULATION INDEX; DELIRIUM; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPHARMACY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84866381699     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04109.x     Document Type: Article

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