The ability of eight frailty instruments to identify adverse outcomes across different settings: the FRAILTOOLS project
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DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12990
Abstract: To compare the performance of eight frailty instruments to identify relevant adverse outcomes for older people across different settings over a 12 month follow‐up. read more here.
Keywords: adverse outcomes; eight frailty; frailty instruments; across different ... See more keywords
Accuracy and Feasibility of Clinically Applied Frailty Instruments before Surgery.
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DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000003257
Abstract: BACKGROUND A barrier to routine preoperative frailty assessment is the large number of frailty instruments described. Previous systematic reviews estimate the association of frailty with outcomes, but none have evaluated outcomes at the individual instrument… read more here.
Keywords: feasibility; odds ratio; frailty; accuracy feasibility ... See more keywords
Measuring the Predictive Accuracy of Preoperative Clinical Frailty Instruments Applied to Electronic Health Data in Older Patients Having Emergency General Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005718
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To compare predictive accuracy of frailty instruments operationalizable in electronic data for prognosticating outcomes among older adults undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS). SUMMARY BACKGROUND INFORMATION Older patients undergoing EGS are at higher risk of… read more here.
Keywords: emergency general; predictive accuracy; risk; frailty instruments ... See more keywords
Frailty measurements in hospitalised orthopaedic populations age 65 and older: A scoping review.
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DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16035
Abstract: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To identify and compare frailty instruments used with hospitalised orthopaedic patients aged over 65. BACKGROUND Frailty predicts clinical events in orthopaedic patients aged over 65. However, the strengths and limitations of different… read more here.
Keywords: frailty instruments; scoping review; orthopaedic patients; review ... See more keywords
Operationalizing a frailty index using routine blood and urine tests
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DOI: 10.2147/cia.s131987
Abstract: Background Uncomplicated frailty instruments are desirable for use in a busy clinical setting. The aim of this study was to operationalize a frailty index (FI) from routine blood and urine tests, and to evaluate the… read more here.
Keywords: routine blood; frailty instruments; frailty; lab ... See more keywords