Relationship between clinical outcomes and Dutch frailty score among elderly patients who underwent surgery for hip fracture

AM Winters,1 LC Hartog,2 HIF Roijen,1 RM Brohet,3 AM Kamper1 1Department of Geriatrics, Isala, 8025 AB, Zwolle, the Netherlands; 2Diabetes Centre, Isala, 8025 AB, Zwolle, the Netherlands; 3Isala Academy, 8025 BP, Zwolle, the Netherlands Background: Frailty is a geriatric condition that is associated with an increased risk of mortality and functional decline. To date, mainly the Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) and Hospital Safety Management (VeiligheidsManagementSysteem [VMS]) frailty score are used to determine frailty in several hospitals in the Netherlands. However, it is yet unknown, whic... Mehr ...