Frailty is a syndrome that is often overlooked but common in severely ill patients, characterized by a state of increased susceptibility to systemic adversities due to the loss of physiological and cognitive reserves. While not diagnostic, some tools are helpful in screening for frailty, such as the Clinical Frailty Scale, the Frailty Index, and the Modified Frailty Index (MFI). This analysis aimed to assess patient frailty, measured by the MFI, as an independent prognostic factor in the incidence of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in critically ill patients and its association with mortality.
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