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Table 1 Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Scales

From: Protocol for evaluation of perioperative risk in patients aged over 75 years: Aged Patient Perioperative Longitudinal Evaluation–Multidisciplinary Trial (APPLE-MDT study)

SYSTEM

SCALE

EVALUATION PERIOD

pre-operative evaluation

post-operative evaluation

follow-up at 6 months

Nutrition

Mini-Nutritional Assessment(MNA)

×

×

×

Functional Status

Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADL)

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL)

×

×

×

Frailty

Fried Frailty Phenotype

Frailty Screening Questionnaire (FSQ)

×

×

×

Risk of Fall

Morse Fall Risk Assessment Scale

×

×

 

Pain

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

×

×

 

Respiratory System Risk Assessment

Arozullah Postoperative Respiratory Failure Predictive Score Scale

Preoperative STOP-BANG Screening Diagnosis of Obstructive Respiratory Sleep Syndrome

Predictive index of lung function for airway complications and mortality risk after operation

×

  

Cardiac Risk Assessment

Cardiac evaluation in accordance with ACC/AHA Algorithm for non-cardiac surgery

×

  

Cerebrovascular Risk Assessment

Modified Framingham Stroke Risk Score

Essen Stroke Risk Score

×

  

Liver Function and Renal Function

Medical history and laboratory test

×

  

Blood Glucose

Laboratory test

×

  

Cognitive Function

Mini-mental state examination (MMSE)

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)

Risk Factors for Postoperative Delirium

×

×

 

Anxiety and Depression

Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)

Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS)

×

×

 

Thrombosis and Hemorrhage

Caprini Thrombosis Risk Factor Assessment

Risk Assessment of Hemorrhagic Complications

×

  

Polypharmacy

detailed medication history

Appropriate perioperative adjustments

×

×

 

Anesthesia-related Assessment

ASA

Airway-related Assessment

Intraspinal -related Assessment

×

  
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