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Using quality of life and frailty as predictors of recovery in cardiac surgery patients

2018-01-01

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Background: Frailty is a state characterised by a subclinical decline across multiple organ systems. High frailty is an independent predictor of poor outcome post cardiac surgery. The relationship between patient reported health related quality of life (HRQOL), their frailty status and the impact of cardiac surgeries to their quality of life and functional status has never been investigated in pre and post cardiac...

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79ef8662-8ff8-5f12-91be-94c66293ba6c
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10.25560/82004
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