Sharing Frailty-related information in perioperative care: an analysis from a temporal perspective

• Main Authors: Daniel Fürstenau (Author), Claudia Spies (Author), Martin Gersch (Author), Amyn Vogel (Author), Rudolf Mörgeli (Author), Akira-Sebastian Poncette (Author), Ursula Müller-Werdan (Author), Felix Balzer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Especially patients older than 65 years undergoing surgery are prone to develop frailty-related complications that may go far beyond the index hospitalization (e.g., cognitive impairment following postoperative delirium). However, aging-relevant information are currently not full...