"Timed Up & Go": a screening tool for predicting 30-day morbidity in onco-geriatric surgical patients? A multicenter cohort study.

To determine the predictive value of the "Timed Up & Go" (TUG), a validated assessment tool, on a prospective cohort study and to compare these findings to the ASA classification, an instrument commonly used for quantifying patients' physical status and anesthetic risk.In the onco...

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Main Authors: Monique G Huisman, Barbara L van Leeuwen, Giampaolo Ugolini, Isacco Montroni, John Spiliotis, Cesare Stabilini, Nicola de'Liguori Carino, Eriberto Farinella, Geertruida H de Bock, Riccardo A Audisio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3901725?pdf=render