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Thoracic Surgeons' Perception of Frail Behavior in Videos of Standardized Patients

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a predictor of poor outcomes following many types of operations. We measured thoracic surgeons' accuracy in assessing patient frailty using videos of standarized patients demonstrating signs of physical frailty. We compared their performance to that of geriatrics speciali...

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Autores principales: Ferguson, Mark K., Thompson, Katherine, Huisingh-Scheetz, Megan, Farnan, Jeanne, Hemmerich, Josh A., Slawinski, Kris, Acevedo, Julissa, Lee, Sang Mee, Rojnica, Marko, Small, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4043843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24892734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098654