Frailty Assessment and Perioperative Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After Noncardiac Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Frailty is an emerging risk factor for adverse outcomes. However, perioperative frailty assessments derived from electronic health records have not been studied on a large scale. We aim to estimate the prevalence of frailty and the associated incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) among adults hospitalized for noncardiac surgery.

Methods

Adults aged ≥45 years hospitalized for noncardiac surgery from 2004-2014 were identified from the National Inpatient Sample. The validated Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) derived from International Classification of Diseases codes was used to classify patients as low (HFRS <5), medium (5-10), or high (>10) frailty risk. The primary outcome was MACE, defined as myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, and in-hospit

SUBMITTER: Siddiqui E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038881 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature