The association of clinical frailty with outcomes of patients reviewed by rapid response teams: an international prospective observational cohort study

• Published in: Critical care (London, England) Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 227 - 9
• Main Authors: So, Ralph K. L., Bannard-Smith, Jonathan, Subbe, Chris P., Jones, Daryl A., van Rosmalen, Joost, Lighthall, Geoffrey K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 22.09.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acute illness; Advanced directives; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Care and treatment; Chi-Square Distribution; Cohort Studies; Critically ill persons; Emergency medicine; Female; Frail elderly; Frailty; Frailty - complications; Frailty - mortality; Hospital Mortality; Hospital Rapid Response Team - standards; Hospital Rapid Response Team - statistics & numerical data; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Intensive Care Units - organization & administration; Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data; Internationality; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical emergency team; Methods; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - statistics & numerical data; Outreach team; Patient outcomes; Prospective Studies; Rapid response team; Research Design - statistics & numerical data; Advanced directives; Outreach team; Frailty; Acute illness; Medical emergency team; Rapid response team
• ISSN: 1364-8535; 1466-609X; 1364-8535; 1466-609X
• DOI: 10.1186/s13054-018-2136-4

Frailty is a state of vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis after a stressor event and is strongly associated with adverse outcomes. Therefore, the assessment of frailty may be an essential part of evaluation in any healthcare encounter that might result in an escalation of care. The purpo...