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Comment
. 2024 Apr;71(4):563-564.
doi: 10.1007/s12630-024-02731-3. Epub 2024 Mar 18.

Don't just do something, stand there!

Christopher Prabhakar  1   2 , Ronald M Ree  3   4
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Don't just do something, stand there!

Christopher Prabhakar et al. Can J Anaesth. 2024 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: comprehensive geriatric assessment; frailty; older surgical patients; perioperative medicine.

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  • Preoperative frailty assessment: just do it!
    McIsaac DI, Grudzinski AL, Aucoin SD. McIsaac DI, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2023 Nov;70(11):1713-1718. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02589-x. Epub 2023 Oct 9. Can J Anaesth. 2023. PMID: 37814118 English. No abstract available.

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