Modified Frailty Index Predicts Morbidity and Mortality After Pancreaticoduodenectomy

A frailty index predicts post-liver transplant morbidity and mortality in HIV-positive patients

BACKGROUND We hypothesized that frailty acts as a measure of health outcomes in the context of LT. The aim of this study was to explore frailty index across LT, as a measure of morbidity and mortality. This was a retrospective observational study including all consecutive 47 HIV+patients who received LT in Modena, Italy from 2003 to June 2015. METHODS frailty index (FI) was constructed from 3...

The SHARE Frailty Instrument for primary care predicts mortality similarly to a frailty index based on comprehensive geriatric assessment

Aim—frailty is an emerging concept in primary care, which potentially can provide healthcare commissioners with a clinical focus for targeting resources at an ageing population. However, primary care practitioners need valid instruments that are easy to use. With that purpose in mind, we created a Frailty Instrument (FIt) for primary care based on the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in ...

Morbidity and mortality after liver resection Running title: Morbidity and mortality after liver resection

Association of Preoperative Biliary Drainage with Postoperative Morbidity after Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Background. The advantages or disadvantages of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) prior to pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) remain unclear. Methods. A prospectively maintained database was queried for 335 consecutive patients undergoing standard PD surgery between 2009 and 2013. Clinical data and postoperative complications of the 47 patients receiving PBD and 288 patients with early surgery were ...

The frailty index in Europeans: association with age and mortality.

BACKGROUND the frailty index (FI) is an approach to the operationalisation of frailty based on accumulation of deficits. It has been less studied in Europeans. OBJECTIVE to construct sex-specific FIs from a large sample of Europeans and study their associations with age and mortality. DESIGN longitudinal population-based survey. SETTING the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europ...