Frailty in trauma: A systematic review of the surgical literature for clinical assessment tools

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 824-834

  McDonald, Victoria S ^a   Thompson, Kimberly A ^a   Lewis, Paul R ^a   Sise, C Beth ^a   Sise, Michael J ^a   Shackford, Steven R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment tool; Elderly trauma; Frailty; Geriatric trauma

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; ELECTRONIC FRAILTY MODEL; EMOTION; FALL HISTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL SURGERY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GRIP STRENGTH; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FRAILTY INDEX; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATEL MODIFIED FRAILTY INDEX; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGE; AGED; MORBIDITY; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84958292194     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000981     Document Type: Review

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