Frailty as a predictor of morbidity and mortality in inpatient head and neck surgery

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 783-789

  Adams, Peter ^a   Ghanem, Tamer ^a   Stachler, Robert ^a   Hall, Francis ^a   Velanovich, Vic ^b   Rubinfeld, Ilan ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAILTY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED FRAILTY INDEX; MORBIDITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883030813     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.3969     Document Type: Article

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