Frailty and nutritional assessments for predicting postoperative complications in older adults undergoing non-cardiac surgery.

ABSTRACT: Frailty and malnutrition are closely linked to adverse surgical outcomes. However, their combined influence on post-non-cardiac surgery complications in older patients remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the predictive value of frailty, malnutrition, and their combined effect on postoperative complications in older patients undergoing intermediate- to high-risk non-cardiac surgery. This study was a retrospective analysis of data from a prospectively collected cohort that included 637 patients aged ≥60 years. We assessed frailty using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and nutritional status using the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI). The primary outcome was the occurrence of postoperative complications (Clavien-Dindo classification ≥2). We used logistic regression and receiver-operating

SUBMITTER: Chatmongkolchart S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12364851 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature