How do anaesthetist and geriatrician perioperative frailty assessments compare?

Br J Anaesth. 2020 Dec;125(6):e462-e463. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.08.043. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

Authors

Thomas Cope¹, Roisin Coary², Andrea Joughin³, Philip Braude³, David Shipway³, Kath Jenkins⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: tomcope@doctors.org.uk.
² Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Department of Geriatric Medicine, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.

PMID: 32981673
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.08.043

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical frailty score; emergency laparotomy; frailty assessment; geriatrics; perioperative outcome; risk assessment.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anesthetists*
Frailty*
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatricians*
Humans
Perioperative Period