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Frailty should be assessed before surgery

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The surgical population is ageing, and preoperative surgical evaluation is limited in its risk prediction ability of perioperative complications. Increasing age results in an increased risk of frailty. Guidelines suggest that frailty should be assessed before surgery. Different frailty scales are described as suggestions for risk-stratification. The frail patient should be offered shared decision-making prior to surgery. Preoperative optimisation programs, i.e. prehabilitation, may benefit patients with frailty, but further research studies examining these perspectives are warranted, as argued in this review.

Source: Ugeskrift for Læger

DOI: 10.61409/v03250198

Authors: Charlotte Vallentin Rosenstock, Henning Bay Nielsen

Institutions: Copenhagen University Hospital, Nordsjællands Hospital, Roskilde Sygehus, Zealand University Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Frailty in Older Adults

Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: European Society of Anaesthesiology