Frailty predicts mortality in all emergency surgical admissions regardless of age. An observational study

Hewitt, Jonathan; Carter, Ben; McCarthy, Kathryn; Pearce, Lyndsay; Law, Jennifer; Wilson, Faye; S Tay, H; McCormack, Caroline; Stechman, Michael; Moug, Susan; Kyaw Myint, Phyo

doi:10.1093/ageing/afy217

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Frailty predicts mortality in all emergency surgical admissions regardless of age. An observational study

Published in Age and Ageing • Jan 3, 2019

Authors:

Jonathan Hewitt

Ben Carter

Kathryn McCarthy

Abstract

BACKGROUND: frail patients in any age group are more likely to die than those that are not frail. We aimed to evaluate the impact of frailty on clinical mortality, readmission rate and length of stay for emergency surgical patients of all ages. METHODS: a multi-centre prospective cohort study was co...

Subject

Medicine

Observational study

Emergency medicine

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