Frailty assessment in geriatric trauma patients: comparing the predictive value of the full and a condensed version of the Fried frailty phenotype
The fFP appears superior in identifying frail trauma patients and predicting their discharge destination compared with the condensed version. LOS in this vulnerable patient group did not differ by either frailty phenotype even if compared with those identified as non-frail.
Authors
- Heike A. Bischoff‐Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4554-658X)
- Wei Lang
- Christian Hierholzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5009-2608)
- Michael Gagesch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3089-5768)
- Gregor Freystätter
- Joninah Braunschweig
Institutions
- Union Bank of Switzerland (CH)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Stadtspital Waid (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05594-x
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.38