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Derivation and Validation of a Generalizable Preoperative Frailty Index Using Population-based Health Administrative Data

Daniel I. McIsaac, Coralie A. Wong, Allen Huang, Husein Moloo, Carl van Walraven

Annals of Surgery · 2018 · 109 citations · 43 references

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Abstract

A preoperative FI derived from HA data is a robust method to measure frailty in elective and emergency patients. Generalizable FIs should be considered a standard approach to population-level study of surgical frailty.

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Coding Algorithms for Defining Comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data

Hude Quan, Vijaya Sundararajan, Patricia Halfon et al. · Medical Care · 2005 · 10.2K citations

Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies

Erik von Elm, Douglas G. Altman, Matthias Egger et al. · BMJ · 2007 · 9.2K citations · Full text

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A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people

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

The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) Statement

Eric I. Benchimol, Liam Smeeth, Astrid Guttmann et al. · PLoS Medicine · 2015 · 4.9K citations · Full text

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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