Cognitive impairment and frailty screening in older surgical patients: a rural tertiary care centre experience

INTRODUCTION: Despite a clear association between cognitive impairment and physical frailty and poor postoperative outcomes in older adults, preoperative rates are rarely assessed. We sought to implement a preoperative cognitive impairment and frailty screening programme to meet the unique needs of...

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Autores principales: Andrew, Caroline D, Fleischer, Christina, Charette, Kristin, Goodrum, Debra, Chow, Vinca, Abess, Alexander, Briggs, Alexandra, Deiner, Stacie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
Materias:
Quality Improvement Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9214386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35728865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001873

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9214386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35728865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001873

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