Why the study?
Does a higher modified frailty index (mFI) score increase the risk of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications and mortality in patients undergoing emergency general surgery?
Population
132,765 inpatients who underwent emergency general surgery (EGS) between 2005 and 2015
Comparison
Higher frailty score as defined by the modified… vs Lower frailty score
Design
Cohort
Authors
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mFI may stratify cardiopulmonary risk in emergency general surgery; leaves open whether frailty optimization alters outcomes.
Does a higher modified frailty index (mFI) score increase the risk of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications and mortality in patients undergoing emergency general surgery?
Higher frailty scores, particularly driven by hypertension requiring medication and poor functional status, are associated with increased odds of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications and mortality in emergency general surgery.
Akyar et al. (2018) studied this question.
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