New assessment for advanced age: Italian study protocol on the assessment of surgical risk in the over-75-year age-group

The role of age in the risk stratification of patients candidate for non-cardiac surgery is still today an unresolved issue. European guidelines, in contrast to American guidelines, do not attribute to age an independent role in increasing the risk, and the indices for assessment of perioperative c...

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Main Authors: Annarita Pilleri, Giampaolo Scorcu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
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Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/850