Evaluating the association of preoperative functional status and postoperative functional decline in older patients undergoing major surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1336-1344

  Kwon, Steve ^a   Symons, Rebecca ^a   Yukawa, Michi ^b   Dasher, Nikolas ^c   Legner, Victor ^d   Flum, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUKE ACTIVITY STATUS INDEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PHYSICAL FUNCTION SCORE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STANDING; STANFORD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE DISABILITY INDEX;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84871040724     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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