Background The certainty that prehabilitation improves postoperative outcomes is not clear.
The objective of this umbrella review (ie systematic review of systematic reviews) was to …

Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome characterized by decreased reserve and diminished
resistance to stressors. People with frailty are vulnerable to stressors, and exposure to the …

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

Background A barrier to routine preoperative frailty assessment is the large number of frailty
instruments described. Previous systematic reviews estimate the association of frailty with …

Preoperative nutrition status is an important determinant of surgical outcomes, yet
malnutrition assessment is not integrated into all surgical pathways. Given its importance …

Background Frailty is a state of vulnerability as a result of decreased reserves.
Prehabilitation may increase reserve and improve postoperative outcomes. Our objective …

The prevalence of older adults undergoing surgery is expected to increase as the population
ages. 1 Because of physiologic decline and loss of functional reserve, older patients are at a …

Peri‐operative neurocognitive disorders are the most common complication experienced by
older individuals undergoing anaesthesia and surgery. Peri‐operative neurocognitive …

Objective: The goal of this project was to first address barriers to implementation of the Risk
Analysis Index (RAI) within a large, multi-hospital, integrated healthcare delivery system …

Importance Frailty is associated with mortality following surgery and cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) for in-hospital cardiac arrest. Despite the growing focus on frailty as a …