A single-center prospective cohort study assessing preoperative gait speed assessment as a prognostic tool for morbidity and mortality in frail elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery

A single-center prospective cohort study assessing preoperative gait speed assessment as a prognostic tool for morbidity and mortality in frail elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery

Frailty is a significant risk factor for adverse outcomes in elderly surgical patients. Gait speed assessment is a new tool recently used to stratify risk for these pre-operative adverse outcomes. In this prospective study of 392 frail elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery, we investigated t...

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Main Authors: Ping-Ping Cai, Lu-Lu Gu, Xin Wang, Cui-Li Wu, Xiang-Hong Ye, Kang-Zhen Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2025-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Frailty
Elderly
Abdominal surgery
Complications
Gait speed
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2025000100604&lng=en&tlng=en
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