Search results for "Frailty"
Routine frailty screening may help predict risk for poor outcomes in critically ill patients
In a study of 175 ICUs in Australia and New Zealand, patients who were frail at ICU admission had an in-hospital mortality rate of 16% compared to 5% in those who were not. Frail patients also had longer lengths of stay in the ICU and hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/09/3.htm
9 Jun 2021
Frailty assessment index based on lab tests may help predict outcomes in hospitalized older adults
The index uses data from 27 laboratory values routinely assessed within 72 hours of hospital admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/15/3.htm
15 Jan 2020
New frailty risk score for hospitals developed using ICD-10 codes
The score has low discriminative ability at the individual level but provides hospital-level data about the prevalence of frailty among inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/09/3.htm
9 May 2018