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Frailty assessment in geriatric trauma patients: comparing the predictive value of the full and a condensed version of the Fried frailty phenotype.
BMC geriatrics - 19 Dec 2024
Braunschweig Joninah, Lang Wei, Freystätter Gregor, Hierholzer Christian, Bischoff-Ferrari Heike A, Gagesch Michael
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BACKGROUND: Frailty is associated with multiple negative outcomes in geriatric trauma patients. Simultaneously, frailty assessment including physical measurements for weakness (grip strength) and slowness (gait speed) poses challenges in this vulnerable patient group. We aimed to compare the full 5-component Fried Frailty Phenotype (fFP) and a condensed model (cFP) without physical measurements, with regard to...
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