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Review
. 2021 Aug;21(8):314-320.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.03.005. Epub 2021 May 4.

Preoperative assessment of the older patient

C L Pang  1 , M Gooneratne  1 , J S L Partridge  2
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Review

Preoperative assessment of the older patient

C L Pang et al. BJA Educ. 2021 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: comprehensive geriatric assessment; frailty; perioperative medicine; preoperative assessment; shared decision-making.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Clinical Frailty Scale. Used with permission from Geriatric Medicine Research, Dalhousie University.
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