Medicine
Preoperative Risk Stratification Using Frailty Indices in Elderly Patients
Quick fact
In elderly surgical patients, frailty—not chronological age—is a stronger predictor of postoperative complications, readmissions, and mortality.
Why this is interesting
Two 80-year-olds can have wildly different surgical outcomes. Why do surgeons now use a 'frailty score' instead of just looking at age?