An age-independent hospital record-based frailty score correlates with adverse outcomes after heart surgery and increased health care costs

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, an increasing number of vulnerable or frail patients are undergoing cardiac surgery. However, large-scale frailty data are often limited by the need for time-consuming frailty assessments. This study aimed to (1) create a retrospective registry-based frailty score (FS), (2) determine its effect on outcomes and age, and (3) health care costs.

Methods

Retrospective data were obtained from the New Brunswick Heart Centre registry for all cardiac surgery patients between 2012 and 2017. A 20-point FS was created using available binary risk variables. The primary outcomes of interest most relevant to vulnerable patients were prolonged hospitalization, failure to be discharged home, and hospitalization bed cost. Composite outcome of prolonged hospitalization

SUBMITTER: Sarkar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9390592 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature