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Geriatric Assessment as a Predictor of Delirium and Other Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Cancer

Beatriz Korc‐Grodzicki, Sung W. Sun, Qin Zhou, Alexia Iasonos, Bryan Lu, James C. Root, Robert J. Downey, William P. Tew

Annals of Surgery · 2014 · 93 citations · 27 references

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Preoperative GA is feasible and may achieve a better understanding of older patients' perioperative risks, including delirium.

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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

Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

M. P. Lawton, Elaine Brody · The Gerontologist · 1969 · 18.1K citations

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STUDIES OF ILLNESS IN THE AGED. THE INDEX OF ADL: A STANDARDIZED MEASURE OF BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTION.

Sidney Katz · PubMed · 1963 · 11.9K citations

Clarifying Confusion: The Confusion Assessment Method

Sharon K. Inouye · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1990 · 5.2K citations

A Multicomponent Intervention to Prevent Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients

Sharon K. Inouye, Sidney T. Bogardus, Peter Charpentier et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1999 · 2.9K citations · Full text