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Frailty is Associated With Poor Outcomes Following Emergency Laparotomy: What’s Next?

Background and objective The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a rapid assessment tool to identify vulnerable and frail patients. We sought to evaluate the association between preoperative CFS scores and outcomes following emergency laparotomy in a dense, rural, and healthcare-deprived region of the U...

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Autores principales: Youssef, Sofian, Chekroud, Ameen, Shukla, Amit, Rao, Milind
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9390866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36000103
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27071