"A National Study Demonstrating the Need for Improved Frailty Indices for Preoperative Risk Assessment of Common Urologic Procedures".

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the associations between frailty indices and postoperative complications among older adults undergoing common urologic procedures. Frailty is known to be strongly associated with poor postoperative complications; however, the optimal way to measure frailty remains unknown.

Methods

We identified the 20 most common urologic procedures from 2013-2016 in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database. Frailty was measured using the NSQIP frailty index, simplified frailty index, and Risk Analysis Index. Multivariable logistic regression models were performed with each index and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification system with postoperative complications (any, major, or minor) as the ou

SUBMITTER: Amin KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6778010 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature