Enhancing the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator to Predict Geriatric Outcomes

Abstract

The ACS NSQIP SRC can predict 4 unique outcomes germane to geriatric surgical patients, with improvement of predictive capability after accounting for geriatric risk factors. Augmentation of ACS NSQIP SRC can enhance shared decision-making to improve the quality of surgical care in older adults.