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Are the frail destined to fail? Frailty index as predictor of surgical morbidity and mortality in the elderly

Joseph Farhat, Vic Velanovich, Anthony Falvo, H. Mathilda Horst, Andrew Swartz, Joe H. Patton, Ilan Rubinfeld

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2012 · 527 citations · 13 references

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Prognostic study, level II.

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Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype

Linda P. Fried, Catherine M. Tangen, Jeremy Walston et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2001 · 23.5K citations · Full text

A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people

Kenneth Rockwood · Canadian Medical Association Journal · 2005 · 8.4K citations · Full text

A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

Samuel D. Searle, Arnold Mitnitski, Evelyne A. Gahbauer et al. · BMC Geriatrics · 2008 · 3.4K citations · Full text

Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes in Older Patients

Martin A. Makary, Dorry L. Segev, Peter J. Pronovost et al. · Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2010 · 2.1K citations

Frailty: An Emerging Research and Clinical Paradigm--Issues and Controversies

Howard Bergman, Leah M. Ferrucci, Jack M. Guralnik et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2007 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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