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Frailty predicts adverse perioperative outcomes and increased mortality in patients having vascular surgery. Frailty assessment is a potential tool to inform resource allocation, and shared decision‐making about vascular surgery in… Click to show full abstract
Frailty predicts adverse perioperative outcomes and increased mortality in patients having vascular surgery. Frailty assessment is a potential tool to inform resource allocation, and shared decision‐making about vascular surgery in the resource constrained COVID‐19 pandemic environment. This cohort study describes the prevalence of frailty in patients having vascular surgery and the association between frailty, mortality and perioperative outcomes.
Keywords:
vascular surgery;
adverse perioperative;
covid pandemic;
patients vascular;
frailty
Journal Title: Anz Journal of Surgery
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Anz Journal of Surgery
Year Published: 2022
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