The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status classification system
celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2021. Its simplicity represents its greatest strength as well …

Background Cancer is common in older adults, who often have concurrent frailty. Frailty is a
strong predictor of adverse outcomes in surgical patients. Our objective is to systematically …

Importance Frailty is an important risk factor for postoperative mortality. Whether the
association between frailty and mortality is consistent across all surgical specialties …

Study objective We validate the Clinical Frailty Scale by examining its independent
predictive validity for 30-day mortality, ICU admission, and hospitalization and by …

Importance Patient frailty is a known risk factor for adverse outcomes following surgery, but
data are limited regarding whether systemwide interventions related to frailty are associated …

Background Delirium is a common and disturbing postoperative complication that might be
ameliorated by propofol-based anaesthesia. We therefore tested the primary hypothesis that …

Importance In this aging society, older patients are more commonly undergoing emergency
general surgery (EGS). Although frailty has been associated with worse outcomes in this …

Importance Frailty is associated with mortality following surgery and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) for in-hospital cardiac arrest. Despite the growing focus on frailty as a …

Importance Rapid source control is recommended to improve patient outcomes in sepsis.
Yet there are few data to guide how rapidly source control is required. Objective To …

Importance Recent legislation facilitates veterans' ability to receive non–Veterans Affairs
(VA) surgical care. However, contemporary data comparing the quality and safety of VA and …