Frailty level at discharge predicts mortality in older patients with Clostridioides difficile more accurately than age or disease severity.
Tone RubakSimon Mark Dahl JørgensenMerete GregersenTroels Kjærskov HansenJeppe Bakkestrøm RosenbækLise Tornvig ErikstrupChristian Lodberg HvasElse Marie Skjøde DamsgaardPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2023)
The 90-day mortality among older patients with CDI in a Danish region is 28%. Frailty measured by record-based MPI at discharge outperforms age and disease severity markers in predicting mortality in older patients with CDI.