Concerns About a Frailty Screening Initiative and Postoperative Mortality

Xiaoqian Zhang^{1

2}, Zhixin Zhang^{2

3}, Wenquan Niu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
² Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ International Medical Services, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.

Comment

Xiaoqian Zhang et al. JAMA Surg. 2023.

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

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2857.

Xiaoqian Zhang^{1

2}, Zhixin Zhang^{2

3}, Wenquan Niu⁴

¹ Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
² Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ International Medical Services, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.

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Comment in

Concerns About a Frailty Screening Initiative and Postoperative Mortality-Reply.
Varley PR, Buchanan D, Hall DE. Varley PR, et al. JAMA Surg. 2023 Dec 1;158(12):1353-1354. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2858. JAMA Surg. 2023. PMID: 37466936 No abstract available.

Association of Routine Preoperative Frailty Assessment With 1-Year Postoperative Mortality.
Varley PR, Buchanan D, Bilderback A, Wisniewski MK, Johanning J, Nelson JB, Johnson JT, Minnier T, Hall DE. Varley PR, et al. JAMA Surg. 2023 May 1;158(5):475-483. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.8341. JAMA Surg. 2023. PMID: 36811872 Free PMC article.