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J Law
Researcher at University of Liverpool
Publications - 4
Citations - 136
J Law is an academic researcher from University of Liverpool. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prospective cohort study & Surgical emergency. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 4 publications receiving 84 citations. Previous affiliations of J Law include Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
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Frailty predicts mortality in all emergency surgical admissions regardless of age. An observational study.
Jonathan Hewitt,Ben Carter,Kathryn McCarthy,Lyndsay Pearce,J Law,F V Wilson,Hui Sian Tay,Caroline McCormack,Michael Stechman,Susan Moug,Phyo K. Myint +10 more
TL;DR: It was found that each incremental step of worsening frailty was associated with an 80% increase in mortality at Day 90 (OR 1.80, 95% CI: 1.61-2.01) supporting a linear dose-response relationship.
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Association between preadmission frailty and care level at discharge in older adults undergoing emergency laparotomy
Ben Carter,J Law,J Law,Jonathan Hewitt,K. L. Parmar,J. M. Boyle,P Casey,Ishaan Maitra,Lyndsay Pearce,Susan Moug +9 more
TL;DR: The ELF (Emergency Laparotomy and Frailty) study aimed to determine whether preoperative frailty in older adults was associated with increased dependence at the time of discharge.
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98frailty in older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: further results from the elf study (emergency laparotomy and frailty)
K. L. Parmar,J Law,Ben Carter,Jonathan Hewitt,J M Boyle,P Casey,Ishaan Maitra,I Farrell,Lyndsay Pearce,Susan Moug +9 more
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Frailty in Older Patients undergoing EmergencyLaparotomy: Results from The ELF Study
Julia McGovern,K. L. Parmar,J Law,B Carter,J Hewitt,J.B. Boyle,P Casey,Ishaan Maitra,I Farrell,L Pearce S Moug +9 more
TL;DR: In the UK, 30,000 emergency laparotomies per year (England and Wales) are performed on older adults (aged ≥ 65) as discussed by the authors, and half of these are performed in older adults.