A Vascular Quality Initiative-Based Frailty Instrument Predicts 9-Month Postoperative Mortality

The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) collects data pertaining to frailty that in turn correlates with survival. We sought to develop and to validate a VQI-based frailty instrument to predict longer term survival in patients undergoing vascular surgery.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 28, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Larry W. Kraiss, Ragheed Al-Dulaimi, Angela P. Presson, Shipra Arya, George K. Lee, Philip P. Goodney, Matthew Mell, Jason Johanning, Julie L. Beckstrom, Benjamin S. Brooke Tags: Abstract from the 2016 Western Vascular Society Annual Meeting Source Type: research