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Screening for frailty in elderly emergency department patients by using the Identification of Seniors At Risk (ISAR)

2011; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s12603-011-0155-9

1760-4788

Fabio Salvi, Valeria Morichi, Annalisa Grilli, Lorella Lancioni, Liana Spazzafumo, Stefano Polonara, Angela Marie Abbatecola, G. De Tommaso, Paolo Dessì‐Fulgheri, Fabrizia Lattanzio,

Emergency and Acute Care Studies

Frail older adults are at an increased risk for adverse outcomes after an Emergency Department (ED) visit. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been proposed to screen for frailty in the ED, but it is difficult to carry out. We tested whether a CGA-based approach using the Identification of Seniors At Risk (ISAR) screening tool was associated with the brief deficit accumulation index (DAI) of frailty.