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Impact of Frailty in Cardiac Surgical Patients—Assessment, Burden, and Recommendations

Elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at an increased risk of adverse postoperative outcomes. Frailty, a state of decreased physiological reserve, is highly prevalent among elderly patients. Despite being associated with adverse surgical outcomes, no universally accepted definition or meas...

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Autores principales: Shanker, Akshay, Upadhyay, Preeti, Rangasamy, Valluvan, Muralidhar, Kanchi, Subramaniam, Balachundhar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33884967
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aca.ACA_90_20