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We recorded in\u2010hospital mortality, morbidity and length of stay for 164 patients aged at least 65 years after unscheduled surgery. We evaluated pre\u2010operative frailty with the 7\u2010point Clinical Frailty Scale: 81 patients were \u2018not vulnerable\u2019 (frailty score 1\u20133) and 83 were \u2018vulnerable or frail\u2019 (frailty score\n                    <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"graphic\/anae14269-math-0001.png\" xlink:title=\"urn:x-wiley:00032409:media:anae14269:anae14269-math-0001\"\/>\n                    4), with mean (SD) ages of 74.7 (7.5) years vs. 79.4 (8.3) years, respectively, p &lt; 0.001. Within 30 postoperative days 8\/164 (5%) patients died, all with frailty scores\n                    <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"graphic\/anae14269-math-0002.png\" xlink:title=\"urn:x-wiley:00032409:media:anae14269:anae14269-math-0002\"\/>\n                    4, p = 0.007. Postoperative morbidity was less frequent in patients categorised as \u2018not vulnerable\u2019 on four out of the six days it was measured (days 3, 5, 8, 14, 23, 28). Median (\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IQR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                    [range]) postoperative stay was 9 (6\u201318 [2\u2013221]) days for patients with frailty scores 1\u20133, and 22 (12\u201333 [2\u2013270]) days for patients with score\n                    <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"graphic\/anae14269-math-0003.png\" xlink:title=\"urn:x-wiley:00032409:media:anae14269:anae14269-math-0003\"\/>\n                    4, p &lt; 0.001. Four variables independently associated with hospital discharge, hazard ratio (95%\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>\n                    ): E\u2010\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">POSSUM<\/jats:styled-content>\n                    , 0.74 (0.60\u20130.92), p = 0.007;\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ASA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                    2, 0.35 (0.13\u20130.98), p = 0.046,\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ASA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                    3, 0.17 (0.06\u20130.47), p = 0.001 and\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ASA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                    4\/5, 0.08 (0.02\u20130.28), p &lt; 0.001; operative severity \u2018major +\u2019, 0.69 (0.41\u20131.08), p = 0.10 and the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool, 7.75 (0.81\u201374.40), p = 0.08.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/anae.14269","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,23]],"date-time":"2018-03-23T03:37:23Z","timestamp":1521776243000},"page":"819-824","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["The association of peri\u2010operative scores, including frailty, with outcomes after unscheduled surgery"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"73","author":[{"given":"D. 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