A 5-item frailty index based on NSQIP data correlates with outcomes following paraesophageal hernia repair

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 2509 - 2519
• Main Authors: Chimukangara, Munyaradzi, Helm, Melissa C., Frelich, Matthew J., Bosler, Matthew E., Rein, Lisa E., Szabo, Aniko, Gould, Jon C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Databases, Factual; Female; Frail Elderly; Frailty; Frailty - diagnosis; Gastroenterology; Geriatric Assessment - methods; Gynecology; Hepatology; Hernia, Hiatal - surgery; Hernias; Herniorrhaphy - adverse effects; Humans; International Classification of Diseases; Logistic Models; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Patient Discharge; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Proctology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Surgery; NSQIP; Frailty; Paraesophageal hernia; Geriatric; Outcomes

Background Frailty is a measure of physiologic reserve associated with increased vulnerability to adverse outcomes following surgery in older adults. The ‘accumulating deficits’ model of frailty has been applied to the NSQIP database, and an 11-item modified frailty index (mFI) has been validated. W...