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Independent risk factors for prolonged PACU length of stay were identified through Logistic regression analysis, and a predictive model was constructed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Frailty severity showed a dose-dependent relationship with the incidence of intraoperative and postoperative adverse events and PACU length of stay. Multivariable analysis revealed that frailty was the strongest independent risk factor for prolonged PACU length of stay (OR = 4.278, 95%CI: 2.207-8.286,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001). The constructed multivariable predictive model had an area under the curve of 0.804, with a sensitivity of 82.4% and a specificity of 77.1%.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Frailty significantly increases the risk of prolonged PACU length of stay in elderly patients undergoing painless gastrointestinal endoscopy. The predictive model based on frailty status has favorable clinical application value.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2026.1905761","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,10]],"date-time":"2026-08-10T05:30:22Z","timestamp":1786339822000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Correlation between frailty status and prolonged length of stay in the post-anesthesia care unit and development of a predictive model in elderly patients undergoing painless gastrointestinal endoscopy"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Zhilin","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endoscopy, Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Cangzhou","place":["Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinguang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Cangzhou","place":["Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wudong","family":"Zhuang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Cangzhou","place":["Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fang","family":"Xing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Cangzhou","place":["Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jianxi","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Cangzhou","place":["Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongxu","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Cangzhou","place":["Hebei, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"439","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-publhealth-052620-091107","article-title":"Active aging and public health: evidence, implications, and opportunities","volume":"43","author":"Dogra","year":"2022","journal-title":"Annu Rev Public Health."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2176","DOI":"10.1038\/s43587-025-00999-8","article-title":"Adapting health, economic and social policies to address population aging in China","volume":"5","author":"Fang","year":"2025","journal-title":"Nat Aging."},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1266","DOI":"10.1016\/j.dld.2024.11.029","article-title":"Deep sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy in elderly patients. 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