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- Title
Examining New Preoperative Assessment Tools.
- Authors
Kapoor, Alok; Shaffer, Nicholas S.; McDonough, Christine M.; White, Daniel K.; Wang, Na; Rosenkranz, Pamela; Glantz, Andrew; McAneny, David; Doherty, Gerard M.; Cabral, Howard J.; Gurwitz, Jerry H.; Fielding, Roger A.; Jette, Alan M.; Silliman, Rebecca A.
- Abstract
A letter to the editor is presented which addresses research on the potential use of additional preoperative assessment tools to identify high-risk older adults in America who might develop post-surgery mobility and function problems, and it mentions self-reporting and frailty-related testing.
- Subjects
MASSACHUSETTS; PREOPERATIVE care; MEDICAL needs assessment; MOBILITY of older people; PREVENTION of surgical complications; CONFIDENCE intervals; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; PILOT projects; PROPORTIONAL hazards models; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2016, Vol 64, Issue 10, pe102
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Letter to the Editor
- DOI
10.1111/jgs.14349