Frailty represents one of the most critical issues facing health care due to its inherent
relationship with poor health care outcomes. Frailty is present in 10% to 20% of individuals …

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

The rate of surgical procedures in the older population is rising. Despite surgical,
anaesthetic and medical advances, older surgical patients continue to suffer from adverse …

Background Frailty in the surgical patient has been associated with increased morbidity,
mortality, and failure to rescue. However, there is little understanding of the economic impact …

Background Frailty is an emerging risk factor for surgical outcomes; however, its application
across large populations is not well defined. We hypothesized that frailty affects …

Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome characterized by decreased reserve and diminished
resistance to stressors. People with frailty are vulnerable to stressors, and exposure to the …

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 has no single universally accepted definition or method for assessment.
It is commonly defined from a physiological perspective as a disruption of homeostatic …

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 Preoperative frailty predicts adverse postoperative outcomes. Despite the
advantages of incorporating frailty assessment into surgical settings, there is limited …