Frailty is associated with longer preoperative waiting times and increased mortality in emergency general surgery patients.
May highlight need for frailty screening in emergency pathways; leaves open whether expediting care improves outcomes.
This paper using Scottish audit data found that frailty was associated with longer waiting times at almost all stages of the preoperative emergency general surgical pathway. Frailty and ASA fitness grade were also good indicators of mortality in this cohort.
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