Interventions to improve the outcomes of frail people having surgery: A systematic review.

Interventions to improve the outcomes of frail people having surgery: A systematic review.

BACKGROUND:Frailty is an important prognostic factor for adverse outcomes and increased resource use in the growing population of older surgical patients. We identified and appraised studies that tested interventions in populations of frail surgical patients to improve perioperative outcomes. METHOD...

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Main Authors: Daniel I McIsaac, Tim Jen, Nikhile Mookerji, Abhilasha Patel, Manoj M Lalu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5747432?pdf=render

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