Reliability of the Clinical Frailty Scale in very elderly ICU patients: a prospective European study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Frailty is a valuable predictor for outcome in elderly ICU patients, and has been suggested to be used in various decision-making processes prior to and during an ICU admission. There are many instruments developed to assess frailty, but few of them can be used in emergency situations. In this setting the clinical frailty scale (CFS) is frequently used. The present study is a sub-study within a larger outcome study of elderly ICU patients in Europe (the VIP-2 study) in order to document the reliability of the CFS.

Materials and methods

From the VIP-2 study, 129 ICUs in 20 countries participated in this sub-study. The patients were acute admissions ≥ 80 years of age and frailty was assessed at admission by two independent observers using the CFS. Information was obtai

SUBMITTER: Flaatten H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7856616 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature