Clinical Investigations

Exploring Predictors of Complication in Older Surgical Patients: A Deficit Accumulation Index and the Braden Scale

  1. Rachel-Rose Cohen MD1,*,
  2. Sandhya A. Lagoo-Deenadayalan MD, PhD2,
  3. Mitchell T. Heflin MD, MHS1,3,
  4. Richard Sloane MPH1,
  5. Irvin Eisen BS1,
  6. Julie M. Thacker MD2,
  7. Heather E. Whitson MD, MHS1,3

Article first published online: 20 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04109.x

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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 60, Issue 9, pages 1609–1615, September 2012

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J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1609–1615, 2012.

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

  2. 2

    Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

  3. 3

    Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

*Address correspondence to Rachel-Rose Cohen, MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710. E-mail: rachelrose.cohen9@gmail.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 SEP 2012
  2. Article first published online: 20 AUG 2012

Funded by

  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: P30-AG028716, K23-AG32867

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