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modified frailty index: a standalone construct

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General surgery

a count of deficits mapped from surgical registry variables, used as a frailty measure that predicts mortality and morbidity after surgery.

In general surgery, modified frailty index refers to a count of deficits mapped from surgical registry variables, used as a frailty measure that predicts mortality and morbidity after surgery. This meaning comes from Velanovich (2013) in Journal of Surgical Research.[1]

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References

Velanovich, V., Antoine, H., Swartz, A., Peters, D., & Rubinfeld, I. (2013). Accumulating deficits model of frailty and postoperative mortality and morbidity: its application to a national database. Journal of Surgical Research, 183(1), 104-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2013.01.021

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