Patient frailty: The elephant in the operating room

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages 26-34

  Hubbard, R E ^a   Story, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; EXERCISE TEST; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; STRESS; SURGICAL RISK; VELOCITY; AGED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84893181766     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12490     Document Type: Review

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