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Emergency surgery in the elderly: the balance between function, frailty, fatality and futility

Becoming old is considered a privilege and results from the socioeconomic progress and improvements in health care systems worldwide. However, morbidity and mortality increases with age, and even more so in acute onset disease. With the current prospects of longevity, a considerable number of elderl...

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Autores principales: Søreide, Kjetil, Desserud, Kari F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4320594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25645443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-015-0099-x