Frailty and perioperative outcomes: a narrative review

Conclusions Patients undergoing surgery who are deemed frail, regardless of the scoring assessment used, have a higher likelihood of experiencing adverse perioperative outcomes. With the lack of a unified definition for frailty, further research is needed to address which assessment method is most predictive of adverse postoperative outcomes.
Source: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research