Background Preoperatively identifying patients who will require discharge to extended care
facilities (ECFs) after major cancer surgery is valuable. This study compares existing models …

Objective To determine the usefulness of the determination of base excess in a cohort of
elderly patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with a diagnosis of chest trauma …

Abstract Purpose of Review In contrast to their younger counterparts, geriatric patients have
a decreased physiological reserve. This age-related vulnerability poses unique challenges …

Background Frailty is associated with adverse surgical outcomes including post-operative
complications, needs for post-acute care, and mortality. While multiple frailty screening tools …

The expansion of the elderly population led to an increased number of older adults
presenting to emergency departments following trauma; the outcome of injuries in geriatric …

Context Emergency general surgery (EGS) is common and highly morbid for older adults,
particularly for those who are frail. However, there are little data on the quality of end-of-life …

Objetivo Precisar la utilidad de la determinación del exceso de bases en una cohorte de
enfermos geriátricos que ingresaron en una unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI) con …

Objective Frailty has been associated with worse outcomes in older trauma patients.
Specifically, the utility of lean cross‐sectional psoas muscle area (LPA) was examined as a …

Background Frailty is associated with poor outcomes in trauma patients. However, the
spectrum of physiologic deficits, once a patient is identified as frail, is unknown. The aim of …

Objective To determine the relationship between the use of whole-body computed
tomography (WB-CT) and hospital mortality in elderly patients with thoracic–abdominal …