Obesity -Related Frailty: A New Bariatric Frailty Score Can Be Used to Predict Postoperative Adverse Outcomes, Analysis Using The MBSAQIP-2015-2016 Database

Background: Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes in the elderly, but obesity can be thought of as accelerated aging with similar pathology seen in young severely obese individuals. Using the validated frailty accumulating deficits model in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging-Frailty Index (CSHA-FI) and the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program(MBSAQIP) 2015-2016 database, we developed a Bariatric Frailty Score (BFS) to predict 30-day adverse postoperative outcomes after bariatric surgery in patients with obesity-related frailty.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Wednesday, November 14, 20183:45 pm--5:00 pm Source Type: research