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Accuracy and Feasibility of Clinically Applied Frailty Instruments before Surgery

Sylvie Aucoin, Mike Hao, Raman Sohi, Julia F Shaw, Itay Bentov, David Walker, Daniel I. McIsaac

Anesthesiology · 2020

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Summary

BACKGROUND: A barrier to routine preoperative frailty assessment is the large number of frailty instruments described. Previous systematic reviews estimate the association of frailty with outcomes, but none have evaluated outcomes at the individual instrument level or specific to clinical assessment of frailty, which must combine accuracy with feasibility to support clinical practice. METHODS: The authors conducted a preregistered systematic review (CRD42019107551) of studies prospectively applying a frailty instrument in a clinical setting before surgery. Medline, Excerpta Medica Database, Cochrane Library and the Comprehensive Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and Cochrane databases were searched using a peer-reviewed strategy. All stages of the review were completed in dupl

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1097/aln.0000000000003257
Catalogue ID
SNmojg039a-abys7o
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