The impact of frailty and rapid response team activation on patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A case-control matched, observational, single-centre cohort study.
Christopher DuganSuzanne WeightmanVanessa PalmerLuis SchulzAnders ÅnemanPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2024)
Frail patients admitted to ICU have a high short-term mortality. An antecedent MET event was associated with increased mortality but did not independently predict short-term survival when adjusting for confounding factors. The intrinsic significance of frailty should be primarily considered during MET review of frail patients. This study suggests that routine frailty assessment of hospitalised patients would be helpful to set goals of care when admission to ICU could be considered.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- community dwelling
- intensive care unit
- palliative care
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- public health
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes
- tyrosine kinase
- chronic pain
- health insurance
- case control
- cross sectional
- pain management