The incremental predictive value of frailty measures in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Emerging evidence demonstrates that frailty measures can predict adverse outcomes after cardiac procedures. Our objectives were to examine whether the inclusion of frailty measures adds incremental predictive value to existing surgical risk prediction models in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and to evaluate the reporting and methods of studies that investigated the prediction of frailty measures in cardiology. The inclusion of frailty measures adds incremental predictive value on existing perioperative risk-scoring systems. We systematically searched the EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Web of Science databases for relevant studies. Studies were included according to predefined inclusion criteria. The quality of included studies was appraised using the QUADAS-2 tool. Data were extracted and synth

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6489782 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature