Preoperative frailty and its association with postsurgical pain in an older patient cohort
Esses G, Liu X, Lin H, Khelemsky Y, Deiner S. Preoperative frailty and its association with postsurgical pain in an older patient cohort. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2019, 44: 695-699. PMID: 31061107, DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2018-100247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostsurgical painOlder adultsPreoperative frailtyChronic painElective non-cardiac surgeryPostsurgical chronic painChronic postsurgical painGeriatric Pain MeasureNon-cardiac surgeryPreoperative risk factorsPoor surgical outcomesFrail older adultsOlder patient cohortPostsurgical pain outcomesAssociated with greater oddsNegatively impact recoveryProspective cohort studyQuality of lifePreoperative frailty assessmentPreoperative painSpine surgerySurgical outcomesPhysical functionPain outcomesBaseline characteristics
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