Functional Improvement Trajectories After Surgery (FIT After Surgery) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study to evaluate significant new disability after major surgery in older adults

Introduction Older adults prioritise surviving surgery, but also preservation of their functional status and quality of life. Current approaches to measure postoperative recovery, which focus on death, complications and length of hospitalisation, may miss key relevant domains. We propose that postop...

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Main Authors: E Jacobsohn, Duminda N Wijeysundera, Gerald Lebovic, M Davis, Martine T E Puts, Shabbir M H Alibhai, Karim S Ladha, C Wong, Daniel I McIsaac, C Hanley, T Barnes, G Lorello, N Siddiqui, P Serrano, Tyler R Chesney, S Choi, J Van Vlymen, D Sussman, D Macdonald, P Jüni, Emily Hladkowicz, C David Mazer, M Bosch, CD Mazer, A Jerath, J Pazmino-Canizares, E Kennedy, R Spence, V Lyon, Alice C Wei, Julian F Daza, Sahar Ehtesham, Janet M van Vlymen, DN Wijeysundera, KS Ladha, JF Daza, G Mattina, E Hladkowicz, M Tessier, S Ehtesham, S Nnorom, SMH Alibhai, M Puts, G Lebovic, TR Chesney, AC Wei, S Drozdz, M Louridas, RH Breau, M Lalu, S Abdellatif, S Gagne, E Duceppe, K Zarnke, D Dumerton, M Karizhenskaia, H El Beheiry, F Bonazza, A Zahavich, M Thorleifson, S L Russell, H Bagry, SY MacDonell, J Dale-Gandar, L Kaustov, A Fleet, E Al Azazi, M Parotto, S A McCluskey, H Poonawala, D Dillane, Di McIsaac, S Avramescu, S Shabeen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-06-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/6/e062524.full
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