Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The concept of frailty has become increasingly
recognized as one of the most important issues in health care and health outcomes and is of …

Background A scoping search identified systematic reviews on diagnostic accuracy and
predictive ability of frailty measures in older adults. In most cases, research was confined to …

Importance Patients with frailty have higher risk for postoperative mortality and
complications; however, most research has focused on small groups of high-risk …

Importance As the US population ages, the number of operations performed on elderly
patients will likely increase. Frailty predicts postoperative mortality and morbidity more than …

Importance Frailty is an important risk factor for postoperative mortality. Whether the
association between frailty and mortality is consistent across all surgical specialties …

Importance Failure to rescue (FTR), or death after a potentially preventable complication, is
a nationally endorsed, publicly reported quality measure. However, little is known about the …

Abstract The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society
formally collaborated and elected an international, multidisciplinary panel of experts to …

Importance In this aging society, older patients are more commonly undergoing emergency
general surgery (EGS). Although frailty has been associated with worse outcomes in this …

Objective: To describe and critique tools used to assess frailty in vascular surgery patients,
and investigate its associations with patient factors and outcomes. Background: Increasing …

Perioperative management of older adults is a complex field that is heavily influenced by the
clinical heterogeneity of older adults. Frailty—a geriatric syndrome in which a patient is more …