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A review calling for a consistent definition of frailty has John Dodson wondering if a frailty evaluation could help to determine which older patients would derive the most benefit from the growing number of high-risk interventions. John wants to know: “Does it have the potential to become an important covariate in a similar manner to more traditional factors such as creatinine and ejection fraction?” Tell him what you think here.
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