Impact of frailty on clinical outcomes and resource use following emergency general surgery in the United States.

<h4>Background</h4>Frailty has been recognized as an independent risk factor for inferior outcomes, but its effect on emergency general surgery (EGS) is understudied.<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of the present study was to define the impact of frailty on risk-adjusted mortal...

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Main Authors: Joseph Hadaya, Yas Sanaiha, Catherine Juillard, Peyman Benharash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255122