Impact of frailty on outcomes in surgical patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Age has historically been used to predict negative post-surgical outcomes. The concept of frailty was introduced to explain the discrepancies that exist between patients' chronological and physiological age. The efficacy of the modified frailty index (mFI) to predict surgical risk is not clear.

Objective

We sought to synthesize the current literature to quantify the impact of frailty as a prognostic indicator across all surgical specialties.

Data sources

Pubmed and Cochrane databases were screened from inception to 1 January 2018.

Study selection

Studies utilizing the modified Frailty Index (mFI) as a post-operative indicator of any type of surgery. The mFI was selected based on a preliminary search showing it to be the most commonly applied index in

SUBMITTER: Panayi AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6536365 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature