July 13, 2016

Effect of frailty on surgical outcomes

By: Judy Mathias
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Editor's Note

Frailty has a significant impact on postoperative outcomes that varies with procedure, this study finds.

Using data on 232,352 patients in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program who had elective, high-risk surgical procedures, multivariate analysis found that frailty was associated with complications, prolonged duration of stay, and 30-day mortality.

Increasing frailty disproportionately impacted mortality, and colectomy showed the greatest mortality in severely frail patients.

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