Background As the population ages, increasing numbers of older adults are undergoing
surgery. Frailty is prevalent in older adults and may be a better predictor of post-operative …

Introduction Frailty is becoming increasingly prevalent in the elderly population although a
lack of consensus regarding a clinical definition hampers comparison of clinical studies …

Purpose General surgical procedures are among the most commonly performed operations
in the United States. Despite advances in surgical and anesthetic techniques and …

Importance Age has historically been used to predict negative post-surgical outcomes. The
concept of frailty was introduced to explain the discrepancies that exist between patients' …

Background Frailty has been generally been associated with adverse events in older
patients under surgery. Frailty phenotype is the most widely used instrument in the research …

Objectives to investigate the prevalence and impact of frailty for general surgical patients.
Research design and methods we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis …

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a state of vulnerability to diverse stressors. We assessed the
impact of frailty on outcomes after discharge in older surgical patients. METHODS: We …

BACKGROUND: Preoperative risk assessment is important yet inexact in older patients
because physiologic reserves are difficult to measure. Frailty is thought to estimate …

Background Frailty is associated with poor prognosis, but the multitude of definitions and
scales of assessment makes the impact on outcomes difficult to assess. The aim of this study …

Background Frailty is a frequent and underdiagnosed functional syndrome involving
reduced physiological reserves and an increased vulnerability against stressors, with severe …