September 19, 2013

Too Frail for Surgery? Initial Results of a Large Multidisciplinary Prospective Study Examining Preoperative Variables Predictive of Poor Surgical Outcomes

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Does the Hopkins Frailty Score predict postoperative complications in surgical patients?

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Population

Surgical patients undergoing preoperative assessment

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Intervention

Preoperative assessment using the Hopkins Frailty Score

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Outcome

Postoperative complicationhard clinical

The Hopkins Frailty Score can predict postoperative complications, providing objective data to guide surgical decision-making and patient counseling.

Abstract

The aggregate score of patients as "intermediately frail or frail" on the Hopkins Frailty Score was predictive of a patient experiencing a postoperative complication. This preoperative assessment tool may prove beneficial when weighing the risks and benefits of surgery, allowing objective data to guide surgical decision-making and patient counseling.

Too Frail for Surgery? Initial Results of a Large Multidisciplinary Prospective Study Examining Preoperative Variables Predictive of Poor Surgical Outcomes

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