Using frailty to predict who will fail early discharge after laparoscopic colorectal surgery with an established recovery pathway

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-342

  Keller, Deborah S ^a   Bankwitz, Blake ^b   Nobel, Tamar ^c   Delaney, Conor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced recovery pathway; Frailty; Health care utilization; Laparoscopic colorectal surgery; Length of stay; Quality outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MODIFIED FRAILTY INDEX; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897575304     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dcr.0000442661.76345.f5     Document Type: Article

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