Preoperative frailty is predictive of complications after major lower extremity amputation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.10.102
Abstract: Objective: Preoperative clinical frailty is increasingly used as a surrogate for predicting postoperative outcomes. Patients undergoing major lower extremity amputation (LEA) carry a high risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality, including high 30‐day mortality and… read more here.
Keywords: amputation; readmission; preoperative frailty; mortality ... See more keywords
Preoperative Frailty Predicts Worse Outcomes after Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia, Hemifacial Spasm, and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia: A Multicenter Analysis of 1,473 Patients from a Prospective Surgical Registry.
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1762188
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Microvascular decompression (MVD) is an efficacious neurosurgical intervention for patients with medically intractable neurovascular compression syndromes. However, MVD may occasionally cause life-threatening or altering complications, particularly in patients unfit for surgical operations. Recent literature… read more here.
Keywords: surgical registry; rai; analysis; microvascular decompression ... See more keywords
Preoperative frailty screening, assessment and management
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DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001221
Abstract: Purpose of review To highlight the importance of frailty assessment in thoracic surgery patients. Recent findings Frailty results from an accelerated loss of functional reserve associated with ageing and leads to increased vulnerability following surgery.… read more here.
Keywords: surgery; thoracic surgery; frailty screening; screening assessment ... See more keywords
Re: Preoperative Frailty and Surgical Outcomes across Diverse Surgical Subspecialties in a Large Health Care System.
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DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000000429
Abstract: Re: Frailty Cost: Economic Impact of Frailty in the Elective Surgical Patient J. G. Wilkes, J. L. Evans, B. S. Prato, S. A. Hess, D. C. MacGillivray and T. L. Fitzgerald Departments of Surgery and… read more here.
Keywords: surgical outcomes; medicine; preoperative frailty; frailty ... See more keywords
The impacts of preoperative frailty on readmission after cardiac implantable electrical device implantation
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277115
Abstract: Cardiac implantable electrical devices (CIED) such as pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapies are generally recommended for older patients and those with severe heart failure (HF). However, there is currently a lack of… read more here.
Keywords: readmission; non frailty; preoperative frailty; frailty group ... See more keywords