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Sex and weighting in abbreviated DASI-based perioperative risk prediction

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: We congratulate Wijeysundera and colleagues1 for this rigorous pooled analysis refining perioperative functional capacity assessment. Their findings show that the 12-item Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) provides modest incremental prognostic value and is best applied as a continuous, context-dependent measure rather than a binary threshold.

Source: EClinicalMedicine

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104253

Authors: Kwok M. Ho, Bernhard Riedel, Jonas Alfitian, Robert Schier, Hilmy Ismail