Study: Patients should be assessed for frailty before considering multiple surgeries
Patients should be assessed for frailty before having many types of surgery, even if the surgery is considered low risk, a review of two national patient databases shows.
Frailty is a clinical syndrome marked by slow walking speed, weak grip, poor balance, exhaustion and low physical activity. It is an important risk factor for death after surgery, although the association between frailty and mortality across surgical specialties is not well understood.
The study, conducted by faculty at multiple institutions including The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), mined patient data from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
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Melissa Paez-Villarreal, who tested positive for the coronavirus, covers a cough as Dr. Corey Harrison, Medical Director of the ER, checks her vitals in the ER at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in the Medical Center on July 20, 2020. Hospital leaders urged the public New Year’s Eve to continue precautions to slow the spread of the virus in order to prevent overcrowding.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-News
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