Why the study?
Should frailty screening be part of routine preoperative evaluation for thoracic surgery?
Population
Patients undergoing thoracic surgery
Authors
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May support frailty screening in thoracic surgery preoperative evaluation; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.
Should frailty screening be part of routine preoperative evaluation for thoracic surgery?
Frailty screening should be routinely integrated into preoperative evaluation for thoracic surgery to guide surgical eligibility and rehabilitation planning.
Cappe et al. (2022) studied this question.
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