J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Mar 11. pii: S0022-5223(18)30704-9.
- The identification of preoperative frailty improves risk prediction and provides targets for optimization for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery. A frailty outcome modifier in cardiac surgery is described.
- Contents
- I.What is Frailty and is it a Risk Predictor in Cardiac Surgery?
- II.How do we Measure Frailty?
- III.Can Frailty Assessment Help to Determine Whether there is a Net Clinical Benefit of Surgery?
- IV.How can Risk Scores Incorporate Frailty Measures?
- V.Can we “Defrail” the Older Adult Cardiac Surgery Patient?
- VI.Interdisciplinary Team
- VII.An Economic Argument
- VIII.Conclusion
