Frailty and Emergency Surgery: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frailty and Emergency Surgery: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BackgroundFrailty, a “syndrome of loss of reserves,” is a decade old concept. Initially it was used mainly in geriatrics but lately its use has been extended into other specialties including surgery. Our main objective was to examine the association between frailty and mortality, between frailty and...

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Main Authors: Tamas Leiner, David Nemeth, Peter Hegyi, Klementina Ocskay, Marcell Virag, Szabolcs Kiss, Mate Rottler, Matyas Vajda, Alex Varadi, Zsolt Molnar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
frail adults
emergency surgery
mortality
Clinical Frailty Scale
meta-analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.811524/full

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