作者
Bellal Joseph, Viraj Pandit, Bardiya Zangbar, Narong Kulvatunyou, Ammar Hashmi, Donald J Green, Terence O’Keeffe, Andrew Tang, Gary Vercruysse, Mindy J Fain, Randall S Friese, Peter Rhee
发表日期
2014/8/1
期刊
JAMA surgery
卷号
149
期号
8
页码范围
766-772
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Importance
The Frailty Index (FI) is a known predictor of adverse outcomes in geriatric patients. The usefulness of the FI as an outcome measure in geriatric trauma patients is unknown.
Objective
To assess the usefulness of the FI as an effective assessment tool in predicting adverse outcomes in geriatric trauma patients.
Design, Setting, and Participants
A 2-year (June 2011 to February 2013) prospective cohort study at a level I trauma center at the University of Arizona. We prospectively measured frailty in all geriatric trauma patients. Geriatric patients were defined as those 65 years or older. The FI was calculated using 50 preadmission frailty variables. Frailty in patients was defined by an FI of 0.25 or higher.
Main Outcomes and Measures
The primary outcome measure was in-hospital complications. The secondary outcome measure was adverse discharge disposition. In-hospital complications were defined as …
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