Premorbid Clinical Frailty Score and 30-day mortality among older adults in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The association between frailty and short-term prognosis has not been established in critically ill older adults presenting to the emergency department. We sought to examine the association between premorbid frailty and 30-day mortality in this patient population.

Methods

This is a retrospective observational study on older adults aged over 75 who were triaged as Level 1 resuscitation with subsequent admissions to intermediate units or intensive care units (ICUs) in a single critical care center, from January to December 2019. We excluded patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest or those transferred from other hospitals. Frailty was evaluated by the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) from the patients' chart reviews. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality, and we

SUBMITTER: Huh JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8847731 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature