Abstract
Background: At present, patients aged ≥65 years account for approximately 50% of all emergent operations and 75% of post-operative mortality. In the emergency setting, there is often no time for the detailed treatment of comorbidities, changes in medication or preoperative rehabilitation. Studies have reported on the use of frailty as a prognostic indicator in patients undergoing elective surgery. To date, similar data does not exist for patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery.
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