Frailty as a  predictor of all-cause mortality and readmission in older patients with acute coronary syndrome : A systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Both frailty and pre-frailty are risk factors for all-cause mortality and readmission in older patients with ACS. Therefore, frailty assessment should be given sufficient attention in the management of older patients with ACS to help improve survival and reduce readmission rate.
PMID: 32342196 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift - April 26, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Xu W, Cai Y, Liu H, Fan L, Wu C Tags: Wien Klin Wochenschr Source Type: research