Why the study?
Do accumulated frailty characteristics predict postoperative discharge institutionalization in geriatric patients?
Population
Geriatric patients undergoing major surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Postoperative discharge
Authors
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May inform preoperative counseling and planning in geriatric surgery; leaves open whether frailty interventions reduce institutionalization.
Do accumulated frailty characteristics predict postoperative discharge institutionalization in geriatric patients?
Accumulated frailty characteristics, particularly prolonged up-and-go and functional dependence, strongly predict the need for institutional care after major surgery in geriatric patients.
Robinson et al. (2011) studied this question.
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