Concerns About a Frailty Screening Initiative and Postoperative Mortality-Reply

Patrick R Varley^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison.
² William S. Middleton Memorial VA, Madison, Wisconsin.
³ Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), Madison.
⁴ Wolff Center at UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁷ Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Comment

Patrick R Varley et al. JAMA Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Dec 1;158(12):1353-1354.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2858.

Patrick R Varley^{1

2

3}, Dan Buchanan⁴, Daniel E Hall^{4

5

6

7}

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison.
² William S. Middleton Memorial VA, Madison, Wisconsin.
³ Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), Madison.
⁴ Wolff Center at UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁷ Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Comment on

Concerns About a Frailty Screening Initiative and Postoperative Mortality.
Zhang X, Zhang Z, Niu W. Zhang X, et al. JAMA Surg. 2023 Dec 1;158(12):1353. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2857. JAMA Surg. 2023. PMID: 37466975 No abstract available.