Simple frailty score predicts postoperative complications across surgical specialties

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 544-550

  Robinson, Thomas N ^a,b   Wu, Daniel S ^a,b   Pointer, Lauren ^b   Dunn, Christina L ^a   Cleveland, Joseph C ^a,b   Moss, Marc ^a  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric surgery; Preoperative risk assessment; Surgical morbidity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FRAILTY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KATZ SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI COG SCORE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84885074800     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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