Preoperative Frailty Assessment and Outcomes at 6 Months or Later in Older Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty assessment may inform surgical risk and prognosis not captured by conventional surgical risk scores.

Purpose

To evaluate the evidence for various frailty instruments used to predict mortality, functional status, or major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) in older adults undergoing cardiac surgical procedures.

Data sources

MEDLINE and EMBASE (without language restrictions), from their inception to 2 May 2016.

Study selection

Cohort studies evaluating the association between frailty and mortality or functional status at 6 months or later in patients aged 60 years or older undergoing major or minimally invasive cardiac surgical procedures.

Data extraction

2 reviewers independently extracted study data and assessed

SUBMITTER: Kim DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5088065 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature