FRAIL scale as a screening tool and a predictor of mortality in non-dialysis dependent patients

CONCLUSION: Physical frailty phenotype identifies more patients as having pre-frailty and frailty in non-dialysis dependent patients as compared to the FRAIL scale. However, the FRAIL scale is a simple bedside tool that can be useful for screening for frailty and whose results were associated with mortality.PMID:38530601 | DOI:10.1007/s40620-024-01900-3

Source: Journal of Nephrology - March 26, 2024 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Hellen Christina Neves Rodrigues Amanda Goulart de Oliveira Sousa Vit ória Rodrigues Morais Preto Camila Moura Batista Ferro Clara Sandra de Ara újo Sugizaki Ana Tereza Vaz de Souza Freitas Marcos Ferreira Minicucci Paula Schmidt Azevedo Maria do Ros á Source Type: research