Comparison between FRAIL Scale and Clinical Frailty Scale in predicting hospitalization in hemodialysis patients.

Elisabete Mouzinho Soares BarbosaAmanda Gomes PereiraVitória MoriRenan da Silva NevesNayane Maria VieiraMaryanne Zilli Canedo SilvaMarcos Mitsuo SekiHellen Christina Neves RodriguesNara Aline CostaDaniela PonceAndré Luís BalbiLeonardo Antonio Mamede ZornoffPaula Schmidt AzevedoBertha Furlan PolegatoSérgio Alberto Rupp de PaivaMarcos Ferreira MinicucciMariana de Souza Dorna

Published in: Journal of nephrology (2022)

In HD patients, the FRAIL scale proved to be an easy-to-apply tool, identifying a high prevalence of frailty and being a predictor of hospital admission.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
emergency department
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
adverse drug
acute care