CHALLENGES OF MEASURING FRAILTY IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

Frailty is associated with longer length of stay and adverse outcomes in elderly hospitalized patients, including early re-hospitalization and 12-month mortality. Identifying these risk levels on presentation at emergency departments is crucial to deliver family education, plan care, arrange referra...

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Publicado en:Innov Aging
Main Authors: Lewis, Ebony, Kristensen, M.R., O’Sullivan, M., Ekmann, A.A., Skjøt-Arkil, H., Nygaard, H.H., Cardona-Morrell, M.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6244403/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.1391
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