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September 19, 2013Journal of the American College of Surgeons310 citations

Too Frail for Surgery? Initial Results of a Large Multidisciplinary Prospective Study Examining Preoperative Variables Predictive of Poor Surgical Outcomes

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LRLouis M. RevenigDCDaniel CanterMTMaxwell D. Taylor

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Does the Hopkins Frailty Score predict postoperative complications in surgical patients?

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Population
Surgical patients undergoing preoperative assessment
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Intervention
Preoperative assessment using the Hopkins Frailty Score
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Outcome
Postoperative complicationhard clinical

The Hopkins Frailty Score can predict postoperative complications, providing objective data to guide surgical decision-making and patient counseling.

Abstract

The aggregate score of patients as "intermediately frail or frail" on the Hopkins Frailty Score was predictive of a patient experiencing a postoperative complication. This preoperative assessment tool may prove beneficial when weighing the risks and benefits of surgery, allowing objective data to guide surgical decision-making and patient counseling.

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Revenig et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56fa975589c71d767da3dhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.06.012
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