Preoperative frailty assessment predicts inferior quality of life outcomes up to one year after cardiac surgery: A prospective observational cohort study.
- Resource Type
- letter
- Authors
- Delaney, Paudie K.; Brohan, Janette; Bhakta, Pradipta; Singh, Umesh; Williams, Oliver E.; Gormley, Conor; Sivadasan, Praveen C.; O'Brien, Brian
- Source
- Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Dec2020, Vol. 67, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
- Subject
- *CARDIAC surgery
*COHORT analysis
*QUALITY of life
*OLDER patients
*SCIENTIFIC observation
*SURGICAL complications
*RISK assessment
*LONGITUDINAL method
- Language
- ISSN
- 0952-8180
• Higher preoperative frailty scores leads to poorer postoperative outcomes which is valuable in decision-making prior to elective surgery. • In this study we found that higher preoperative mFI scores were found to be associated with reduced postoperative HRQoL at 6- and 12-months follow-up. • Female patients were more vulnerable to require longer intensive care and had higher risk of mortality compared to equally score male counterparts. • Elderly patients more than 65 years proved to have significant mortality in ICU, and at 6- and 12-months follow-up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]