Background The Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and the
laboratory Frailty Index (FI-lab) are validated tools based on clinical and laboratory data …

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 …

Background The Frailty Index has been shown to predict discharge disposition in geriatric
patients. The aim of this study was to validate the modified 15-variable Trauma-Specific …

BACKGROUND The frailty index is a known predictor of adverse outcomes in geriatric
patients. Trauma-Specific Frailty Index (TSFI) was created and validated at a single center to …

Background Although many frailty scales exist, a single scale has not been agreed upon to
define frailty. Herein, we determined whether the Canadian Study on Health and Aging …

Background Population ageing is a worldwide phenomenon; thanks to improvements in
medical care and living standards. The Office of National Statistics in the UK predicts that the …

Background Frailty assessment using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) has been mandated
for older people admitted to English major trauma centres (MTC) since April 2019. Little …

Background Frailty is highly prevalent in the elderly and confers high risk for adverse
outcomes. We aimed to assess the impact of frailty on critically ill older adult trauma patients …

Objectives: To determine whether the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), a validated frailty tool, was
associated with discharge destination. Secondary objectives were to determine whether the …

BACKGROUND The frailty index (FI) has been shown to predict outcomes in geriatric
patients. However, FI has never been applied as a prognostic measure after trauma. The …