Frailty for Surgeons: Review of a National Institute on

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1083-1092

  Robinson, Thomas N ^a   Walston, Jeremy D ^b   Brummel, Nathan E ^c   Deiner, Stacie ^d   Brown, Charles H ^b   Kennedy, Maura ^e   Hurria, Arti ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANESTHESIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DELIRIUM; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; AGED; HEALTH STATUS; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962216524     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.08.428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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