November 20, 2017

New 5-Factor Modified Frailty Index Using American College of Surgeons NSQIP Data

Structured PICO

Does the mFI-5 predict mortality and postoperative complications as effectively as the mFI-11 in patients in the NSQIP database?

Population

Patients in the American College of Surgeons NSQIP database

Intervention

5-Factor Modified Frailty Index (mFI-5)

Comparator

11-Factor Modified Frailty Index (mFI-11)

Outcome

Mortality and postoperative complicationshard clinical

The simplified 5-factor modified frailty index (mFI-5) is as effective as the 11-factor version in predicting postoperative mortality and complications across surgical sub-specialties.

Abstract

The mFI-5 and the mFI-11 are equally effective predictors in all sub-specialties and the mFI-5 is a strong predictor of mortality and postoperative complications. It has credibility for future use to study frailty within the NSQIP database. It also has potential in other databases and for clinical use.

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Cite This Study

Subramaniam et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d76f0cf07a12db70b8aee5 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.11.005

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