Systematic review and meta-analysis reveals high frailty prevalence and worse outcomes in acute stroke patients, highlighting the need to adapt stroke pathways.
despite substantial heterogeneity, whichever way it is measured, frailty is common in patients presenting with acute stroke and associated with poor outcomes. This has implications for the design of stroke services and pathways.
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