Implementation of population-level screening for frailty among patients admitted to adult intensive care in Alberta, Canada.

CONCLUSION: A validated measure of frailty can be implemented at the population level in ICU. Frailty is common in ICU patients and has implications for health service use and clinical outcomes. PMID: 31144259 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31144259?dopt=Abstract

Source: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia - May 28, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Montgomery CL, Zuege DJ, Rolfson DB, Opgenorth D, Hudson D, Stelfox HT, Bagshaw SM Tags: Can J Anaesth Source Type: research