Frailty syndrome and pre-operative risk evaluation: A systematic review

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-321

  Buigues, Cristina ^a   Juarros Folgado, Pilar ^a   Fernández Garrido, Julio ^a   Navarro Martínez, Rut ^a   Cauli, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Frailty; Mortality; Surgery risk

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84943455787     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.08.002     Document Type: Review

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