The very elderly surgical population in a critically ill scenario: clinical characteristics and outcomes

Background: The elderly population is an especially heterogeneous group of patients with a rising number of surgical interventions being performed in the very elderly patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between different age strata and functional status with the surgical o...

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Main Authors: Diana de Jesus Neves Silva, Luís Guilherme Galego Casimiro, Mónica Isabel Sequeira de Oliveira, Luciana Brás da Cunha Ferreira, Fernando José Pereira Alves Abelha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001420300026