Agreement and predictive value of the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale at emergency department triage.

William Shrier Colin DewarPiervirgilio ParrellaDavid HuntLuke Eliot Hodgson

Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2020)

Agreement between ED CFS and inpatient CFS was found to be weak. In addition the ability of ED CFS to predict clinically important outcomes was limited. NPV and PPV for ED CFS cut-off value of ≥5 were found to be low. Further work is required on the feasibility, clinical impact and appropriate tools for screening of frailty in EDs.

Keyphrases

emergency department
community dwelling
mental health
type diabetes
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
glycemic control
weight loss