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

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

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