Effect of frailty on short- and mid-term outcomes in vascular surgical patients

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 638-645

  Ambler, G K ^a   Brooks, D E ^a   Al Zuhir, N ^a   Ali, A ^a   Gohel, M S ^a   Hayes, P D ^a   Varty, K ^a   Boyle, J R ^a   Coughlin, P A ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84927570754     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9785     Document Type: Article

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