Surgery represents a major stressor that disrupts homeostasis and can lead to loss of body
cell mass. Integrated, multidisciplinary medical strategies, including enhanced recovery …

Prognostication of patients with cirrhosis is complex, depending on more than just the
severity of liver disease. Scores such as the model for end‐stage liver disease (MELD) and …

Background frail patients in any age group are more likely to die than those that are not frail.
We aimed to evaluate the impact of frailty on clinical mortality, readmission rate and length of …

The sustainability of healthcare systems worldwide is threatened by the absolute and
relative increase in the number of older persons. The traditional models of care (largely …

With a focus on practical acute pain management in adults in the hospital setting, this book
provides health professionals with simple and practical information to help them manage …

Introduction Increasing emphasis is being placed on the detection of frailty in the pre‐
operative setting given its association with surgical morbidity and mortality. Prehabilitation …

Objectives To examine the current state of cancer prehabilitation care and the impact that it
may have on health-related and financial outcomes. Data Sources Clinical trials, reviews …

Despite advances in surgical care over recent decades, major surgery still carries a
significant burden of morbidity. Perioperative research and improvement strategies have …

Objective To examine the accuracy of individual Fried frailty phenotype measures in
identifying the Fried frailty phenotype in primary care. Design Retrospective chart review …

Background Although it is a useful metric for preoperative risk stratification, frailty can be
difficult to identify in patients before surgery. We sought to develop a preoperative frailty-risk …