Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33082855›Full record

ReviewEcancermedicalscience2020

Definition and assessment of frailty in older patients: the surgical, anaesthesiological and oncological perspective.

Lorenzo Dottorini, Luca Turati, Luca Mattei, Paolo Formenti

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Ecancermedicalscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lorenzo DottoriniOncology Unit, Medical Sciences Department, ASST Bergamo Est, Alzano Lombardo (BG), 24022, Italy.
Luca TuratiSurgical Oncology Unit, Treviglio Hospital, Treviglio (BG), 24047, Italy.
Luca MatteiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, 20100, Italy.
Paolo FormentiSC Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale San Paolo-Polo Universitario, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, 20100, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of oncology, surgery and anaesthesia procedures in older patients has greatly increased in recent years due to ageing populations. Older patients are typically characterised by physical changes such as comorbidities, decline in physiological activities and cognitive impairment. All these factors, together with polypharmacological therapies, may substantially impact perioperative outcome, quality of recovery and, more in general, quality of life. A comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to perioperative care is thus needed. The assessment of frailty has a central role in the pre-operative evaluation of older patients and, with a multidisciplinary approach. The best surgical procedures and oncologic therapies can be accurately discussed in the pre- and post-operative periods. All clinicians involved in this scenario should be proactive in multidisciplinary care to achieve better outcomes.

Indexed as

anaesthetistassessmentelderlygeriatriconcologistsurgery

Identifiers

PMID33082855
PMCPMC7532028

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.