The Accuracy of Four Frequently Used Frailty Instruments for the Prediction of Adverse Health Outcomes Among Older Adults at Two Dutch Emergency Departments: Findings of the AmsterGEM Study:Findings of the AmsterGEM Study

Study objective: Older adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) are at high risk of adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of 4 frequently used screening instruments for the prediction of adverse health outcomes among older adults in the ED. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study in patients ≥70 years of age presenting to the ED in 2 hospitals in the Netherlands. Screening instruments included the acutely presenting older patient screening program (APOP) (providing 2 risk scores—functional decline [APOP1] and mortality [APOP2]), the International Res... Mehr ...

Verfasser: van Dam, Carmen S.
Trappenburg, Marijke C.
ter Wee, Marieke M.
Hoogendijk, Emiel O.
de Vet, Henrica C.
Smulders, Yvo M.
Nanayakkara, Prabath W.
Muller, Majon
Peters, Mike J.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: van Dam , C S , Trappenburg , M C , ter Wee , M M , Hoogendijk , E O , de Vet , H C , Smulders , Y M , Nanayakkara , P W , Muller , M & Peters , M J 2021 , ' The Accuracy of Four Frequently Used Frailty Instruments for the Prediction of Adverse Health Outcomes Among Older Adults at Two Dutch Emergency Departments: Findings of the AmsterGEM Study : Findings of the AmsterGEM Study ' , Annals of Emergency Medicine , vol. 78 , no. 4 , pp. 538-548 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.04.027 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.04.027
Sprache: Englisch
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