[Frailty as potential indicator of perioperative risk for older patients].

CONCLUSION: In contrast to commonly used perioperative risk classifications, frailty is a sensitive marker for the patient's biological age. Therefore, it appears more suitable for estimating the perioperative risk than chronological age or other conventional tools, such as the ASA classification and is therefore a prerequisite for patient centered treatment pathways. PMID: 31802172 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31802172?dopt=Abstract

Source: Der Anaesthesist - December 3, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Derwall M, Coburn M Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research