December 1, 2018Open Access

Relationship between clinical outcomes and Dutch frailty score among elderly patients who underwent surgery for hip fracture

AWA.M. WintersUniversity Medical Center Groningen LHLaura C. HartogKlinikum Oldenburg HRHilde I.F. RoijenIsala

Structured PICO

Is the VMS frailty score associated with overall survival mortality in elderly patients who underwent surgery for hip fracture?

Population

Elderly patients who underwent surgery for hip fracture

Intervention

VMS frailty score classification

Outcome

Overall survival mortalityhard clinical

The VMS frailty score can be used to classify frailty and is associated with overall survival mortality in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.

Abstract

VMS can be used in classifying frailty, whereby VMS frailty score is associated with clinical outcomes as overall survival mortality in older patients with hip fracture and who underwent surgery.

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