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Routine frailty assessment predicts postoperative complications in elderly patients across surgical disciplines – a retrospective observational study
BACKGROUND: Frailty is a frequent and underdiagnosed functional syndrome involving reduced physiological reserves and an increased vulnerability against stressors, with severe individual and socioeconomic consequences. A routine frailty assessment was implemented at our preoperative anaesthesia clin...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6839249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31699033 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-019-0880-x |