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Frailty and anesthesia – risks during and post-surgery

Frailty is a state of decreased physiologic reserve and resistance to stressors. Its prevalence increases with age and is estimated to be 26% in those aged above 85 years. As the population ages, frailty will be increasingly seen in surgical patients receiving anesthesia. Here, we evaluate the instr...

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Autores principales: Lin, Hui-Shan, McBride, Rebecca L, Hubbard, Ruth E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6178933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30323657
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/LRA.S142996