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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255122 |