Frailty in Patients Undergoing Elective and Emergency Surgery

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on Jun 4, 2020 - 9:45pm CDT

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Unpublished Document

This handout discusses the importance of including frailty in the pre-operative assessment of older adults before undergoing an elective or emergency surgery. It also includes a table describing the different instruments used to assess frailty.

Author(s): 
Bellal Joseph
Bardiya Zangbar
Mindy Fain
Subject: 
Assessment & Evaluation
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