“…A prospective cohort study of older surgical inpatients examining the prevalence and implications of frailty SC Cheung 1,2 , LA Ahmad 3 , JE Hardy 3 , SN Hilmer 1,2,3 1 Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2 Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia, 3 Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia Aims: To identify the prevalence of frailty in a population of older surgical inpatients, and the association of frailty with adverse outcomes and provision of geriatric medicine assessment.…”