Why the study?
Although frail patients in any age group are more likely to die than non-frail patients, the impact of frailty on mortality, readmission rate, and length of stay across emergency surgical patients of all ages needed evaluation.
Does worsening frailty predict mortality and adverse outcomes in emergency surgical admissions regardless of age?
Population
2,279 adult emergency surgical admissions of all ages
Comparison
Frailty assessed by the 7-point Clinical Frailty Scale
Design
Multi-centre prospective cohort study
Follow-up
Day 90
Authors
Loading...
Frailty screening may flag higher-risk emergency surgical patients across ages; leaves open whether interventions alter mortality or readmissions.
Does worsening frailty predict mortality and adverse outcomes in emergency surgical admissions regardless of age?
Worsening frailty at any age is strongly associated with increased 90-day mortality and adverse outcomes in unselected acute surgical admissions.
Hewitt et al. (2019) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: