Evaluating the association of the new National Surgical Quality Improvement Program modified 5-factor frailty index with outcomes in elective colorectal surgery.

Deborah Susan KellerT Reif de PaulaR P KiranS K Nemeth

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)

The mFI-5 tool has an independent association with major morbidity/mortality in an institutional dataset for elective colorectal surgery, but is not predictive. Its predictive ability is enhanced when other patient-specific risk factors are incorporated.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
risk factors
patient safety
patients undergoing
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle