Background Frail older adults experience higher rates of adverse health outcomes.
Therefore, assessing pre-hospital frailty early in the course of care is essential to identify the …

BACKGROUND: Frailty strongly predicts adverse outcomes in a variety of clinical settings;
however, frailty-related trauma outcomes have not been systematically reviewed and …

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 Older people are the largest group admitted to hospital with serious injuries.
Many older people are living with frailty, a risk factor for poor recovery. We aimed to examine …

Background The burden of frailty on older people is identifiable by its adverse effect on
mortality, morbidity and long term functional and health outcomes. In patients suffering from …

Background Road trauma is a major public health concern, often resulting in reduced health-
related quality of life and prolonged absenteeism from work even after so-called …

Objective Frailty is an emerging risk factor for adverse outcomes. However, perioperative
frailty assessments derived from electronic health records have not been studied on a large …

Importance Falls have been associated with morbidity and mortality in elderly patients.
Assessment of frailty at hospital admission may help health care professionals evaluate fall …

Background Frailty is a biological syndrome that causes adverse events in the health of
older adults. However, the Clinical Frailty Scale has not yet been culturally adapted and …

Introduction The trauma population is aging and better prognostic measures for geriatric
trauma patients are required. Frailty rather than age appears to be associated with poor …