Cognitive Impairment and Overall Survival in Frail Surgical Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The definition of frailty, as modeled by the Fried criteria, has been limited primarily to the physical domain. The purpose of this study was to assess the additive value of cognitive function with existing frailty criteria to predict poor postoperative outcomes in a large multidisciplinary cohort of patients undergoing major operations.

Study design

A 4-level composite frailty scoring system was created via the combination of the Fried frailty score and the Emory Clock Draw Test to assess preoperative frailty and cognitive impairment, respectively. Overall survival was defined as months from date of operation to date of death or last follow-up.

Results

This study included 330 patients undergoing major operations; mean age was 58 years and a total of 53 pat

SUBMITTER: Makhani SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995330 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature