Prognosis for older people at presentation to emergency department based on frailty and aggregated vital signs.

Søren Kabell NissenMarco RueeggChristopher R CarpenterTobias KaeppeliJeannette-Marie Busch Anders Fournaise Thomas Dreher-Hummel Roland Bingisser Mikkel Brabrand Christian H Nickel

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)

Combining aggregated vital signs and frailty accurately predicted 30-day mortality at ED presentation and illustrated an important clinical interaction between frailty and illness severity. Pending external validation, the Fap-ED operationalizes the concept of such "geriatric urgency" for the ED setting.

Keyphrases

emergency department
community dwelling
case report
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease
adverse drug