Association of a frailty screening initiative with postoperative survival at 30, 180, and 365 days

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 233-240

  Hall, Daniel E ^a,b   Arya, Shipra ^c,d   Schmid, Kendra K ^e   Carlson, Mark A ^e,f,g   Lavedan, Pierre ^g   Bailey, Travis L ^g,h   Purviance, Georgia ^g   Bockman, Tammy ^g   Lynch, Thomas G ^a,i   Johanning, Jason M ^f,g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAILTY; FRAILTY SCREENING INITIATIVE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 85014744166     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.4219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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