Importance Surgery in older patients often poses risks of death, complications, and
functional decline. Prior to surgery, evaluations of health-related priorities, realistic …

For most surgeons and many anaesthetists, patient frailty is currently the 'elephant in the
(operating) room': it is easy to spot, but is often ignored. In this paper, we discuss different …

Background: Survival and freedom from disability are arguably the most important patient-
centered outcomes after surgery, but it is unclear how postoperative disability should be …

Objective: This study aimed to define the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and
age in the context of postsurgery mortality and morbidity in older people. Background …

Background older patients aged≥ 65 years constitute the majority of the National
Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) population. To better understand this group and …

This prospective observational study investigated the effect of focused transthoracic
echocardiography in 99 patients who had suspected cardiac disease or were≥ 65 years …

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Background Frailty may explain why some older patients having vascular surgery are at high
risk of adverse outcomes. The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) has been designed …

Thirty‐day mortality following emergency laparotomy is high, and greater amongst elderly
patients. Studies systematically describing peri‐operative complications are sparse, and …

Background There is limited information on the impact on perioperative fluid intervention on
complications and length of hospital stay following pancreaticoduodenectomy. Therefore …