Association of a Frailty Screening Initiative With Postoperative Survival at 30, 180, and 365 Days

Importance

As the US population ages, the number of operations performed on elderly patients will likely increase. Frailty predicts postoperative mortality and morbidity more than age alone, thus presenting opportunities to identify the highest-risk surgical patients and improve their outcomes.

Objective

To examine the effect of the Frailty Screening Initiative (FSI) on mortality and complications by comparing the surgical...