Slower walking speed forecasts increased postoperative morbidity and 1-year mortality across surgical specialties

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 582-588

  Robinson, Thomas N ^a,c   Wu, Daniel S ^a,c   Sauaia, Angela ^a   Dunn, Christina L ^a   Stevens Lapsley, Jennifer E ^a   Moss, Marc ^a   Stiegmann, Greg V ^a,c   Gajdos, Csaba ^a   Cleveland, Joseph C ^a   Inouye, Sharon K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty; Geriatric assessment; Geriatric surgery; Timed Up and Go Copyright

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TIME UP AND GO; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84884501160     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a4e96c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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