Utility of the Edmonton Frail Scale in identifying frail elderly patients during treatment of colorectal cancer

BACKGROUND: Frailty has been proposed by geriatricians as an indicator of functional age. The Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) is a 15-point incremental scale; it is quick (<5 min), and simple to administer. We conducted an exploratory study to establish if the EFS add utility to clinician’s expertise...

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Publicado en:J Gastrointest Oncol
Main Authors: Meyers, Brandon M., Al-Shamsi, Humaid O., Rask, Sara, Yelamanchili, Radhika, Phillips, Callista M., Papaioannou, Alexandra, Pond, Gregory R., Jeyabalan, Neera, Zbuk, Kevin M., Dhesy-Thind, Sukhbinder Kaur
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334059/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28280606
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jgo.2016.11.12
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