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September 5, 2025British journal of surgery

MTP8.12 Frailty Assessment in Emergency Surgical Patients

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JYJih Dar YauHuddersfield Royal InfirmaryPWPaul C. WalkerUniversity of MichiganIRIshak RoufHuddersfield Royal Infirmary

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Implication

Observational analysis reveals frailty scores linked to increased post-operative complications in elderly patients, suggesting a need for better frailty assessments.

Key Points

  • Higher clinical frailty scores are linked to increased post-operative complications and mortality in elderly patients.
  • Only 6% of patients aged 65-79 and 32% of patients over 80 had a pre-operative frailty assessment.
  • The mean clinical frailty score increased from 3.23 in patients aged 65-79 to 3.73 in those over 80 years.
  • Strategies for improving pre-operative frailty detection may help in anticipating complications and tailoring management.

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Yau et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb3a432b87ece8dc9554c4https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf166.218
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