Frailty is associated with 90-day mortality in urgent thoracic surgery conditionsCentral MessagePerspective

Frailty is associated with 90-day mortality in urgent thoracic surgery conditionsCentral MessagePerspective

Objective: In patients undergoing elective thoracic surgery, frailty is associated with worse outcomes. However, the magnitude by which frailty influences outcomes of urgent thoracic surgery (UTS) is unknown. Methods: We identified patients admitted with a UTS condition from January to September 201...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Kloos, BA, Aria Bassiri, MD, Vanessa P. Ho, MD, MPH, PhD, Jillian Sinopoli, DO, Leonidas Tapias Vargas, MD, Philip A. Linden, MD, Christopher W. Towe, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:JTCVS Open
Subjects:
thoracic surgery
frailty
risk stratification
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273623003637

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