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Care of the older person
Being non-frail and having an elective procedure are the strongest predictors associated with functional recovery among older survivors of major surgery

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  • Kaye Rolls Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia Neurosurgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lynette Mc Evoy Orthopaedics, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Matthew Ritcher Neurosurgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Steven A Frost Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Steven A Frost, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; s.frost{at}westernsydney.edu.au
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Rolls K, Mc Evoy L, Ritcher M, et al
Being non-frail and having an elective procedure are the strongest predictors associated with functional recovery among older survivors of major surgery
Evidence-Based Nursing 2020;23:81.

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  • Accepted August 27, 2019
  • First published September 7, 2019.
Online issue publication 
June 28, 2020

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