The Impact of Frailty on Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Complications in the Emergency General Surgery Population

The Impact of Frailty on Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Complications in the Emergency General Surgery Population

Abstract Background The burden of frail patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS) is increasing rapidly and this population is particularly susceptible to postoperative cardiopulmonary complications and mortality. We aimed to determine the association between frailty, as defin...

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Main Authors: Serra Akyar, Sarah J. Armenia, Parita Ratnani, Aziz M. Merchant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2018-04-01
Series:The Surgery Journal
Subjects:
emergency general surgery
frailty
postoperative complications
surgical outcomes
risk factors
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1655756

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