Association of Preoperative Frailty and Operative Stress With Mortality After Elective vs Emergency Surgery.

Shinall, Myrick C; Youk, Ada; Massarweh, Nader N; Shireman, Paula K; Arya, Shipra; George, Elizabeth L; Hall, Daniel E · JAMA Netw Open · 2020

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

This cohort study investigates whether preoperative patient frailty and operative stress are associated with postoperative mortality for patients undergoing elective vs emergent surgical procedures.

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