Assessing frailty in surgical candidates

Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 45-49

  Haveman Gould, Bradley ^a,b   Lyons, Katalin ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Mary's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge disposition; Frailty; Geriatrics; Older adults; Postoperative complications; Preoperative assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84927926154     PISSN: 15471896     EISSN: 08937400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000455648.12048.7b     Document Type: Article

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