JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · Jan 2020
Preoperative Risk Index Among Patients Undergoing Thyroid or Parathyroid Surgery.
Frailty represents a multidimensional syndrome that is increasingly being used to stratify risk in surgical patients. Current frailty risk models are limited among those undergoing thyroid or parathyroid surgery. ⋯ This study suggests that the CESRI is able to determine major postoperative adverse events in patients undergoing thyroid or parathyroid surgery.