Prevalence of frailty and its association with mortality in general surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 254-259

  Hewitt, Jonathan ^a   Moug, Susan J ^b   Middleton, Maeve ^a   Chakrabarti, Mohua ^c   Stechman, Micheal J ^d   McCarthy, Kathryn ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute general surgery; Keywords Frailty; Length of hospital stay and mortality; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WALES;

EID: 84922595941     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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