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Surgical frailty assessment: a missed opportunity

BACKGROUND: Preoperative frailty predicts adverse postoperative outcomes. Despite the advantages of incorporating frailty assessment into surgical settings, there is limited research on surgical healthcare professionals’ use of frailty assessment for perioperative care. METHODS: Healthcare professio...

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Autores principales: Eamer, Gilgamesh, Gibson, Jennifer A., Gillis, Chelsia, Hsu, Amy T., Krawczyk, Marian, MacDonald, Emily, Whitlock, Reid, Khadaroo, Rachel G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28738809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-017-0390-7