Study into risk prediction of older surgical patients

2 March 2018

Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has published a paper by Dr. Rachel Khadaroo, (Division of General Surgery), "Impact of frailty on outcomes after discharge in older surgical patients: a prospective cohort study". The CMAJ says, "Few studies have looked at the risk of further health care use associated with frailty in older surgical patients." The co-authors were Yibo Li, Jenelle Pederson, Thomas Churchill, Adrian Wagg, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, Rachel Khadaroo and Raj Padwal. Dr. Khadaroo says, "Identifying frailty in surgical patients will help to predict which patients are at high risk of adverse outcomes, thus improving patient and family discussions and targeting patients for enhanced postoperative care."

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