Emma Harris, MD
Calgary, Alberta—Assessing patient frailty preoperatively is recommended by various practice guidelines, but which instrument should clinicians use?
A new study has concluded that the Clinical Frailty Scale is superior to both the Fried Phenotype and Frailty Index when assessing risk for a variety of negative postoperative outcomes.
“Frailty has emerged as an important perioperative risk factor,” said Emma Harris, MD, a resident at the University of Ottawa , in