Procedural Risk Stratified Emergency General Surgery Geriatric Frail Patients Have Higher Rates of Postoperative Complications, Mortality, Failure to Rescue and Readmissions

The association of frailty on postoperative outcomes after elective and emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures are widely examined. However, this association has not been examined in the geriatric population stratified by EGS procedural risk.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 22, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Anand Gupta, Savannah M. Renshaw, Azeem Malik, Courtney E. Collins Tags: Geriatric and Palliative Care Source Type: research