title: The ability of frailty to predict outcomes in older people attending an acute medical unit.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study assessed the role of frailty assessment in the AMU.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients were assessed for frailty and their outcomes ascertained at 90 days.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Canadian Study on Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale categorised 29% of patients as moderately-severely frail. Frailty did not differentially identify those likely to be discharged within one day, nor with long stays. Mortality at 90 days was 32%; frailty was associated with the risk of dying, odds ratio 1.4. 21% of patients were readmitted at 30 days, and 33% at 90 days, but frailty was not predictive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Moderate-severe frailty in people aged 70+ was common and was predictive of higher mortality, but did not appear to predict admission, length of stay or readmission.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Medicine, Windsor Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK. spc3@le.ac.uk
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Conroy
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dowsing
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019540:Area Under Curve; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016019:Survival Analysis; D006113:United Kingdom