- Study compared frailty scoring systems among emergency surgery patients.
- Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) outperformed other tools in predicting mortality and complications.
- Frail patients had higher comorbidity rates and longer hospital stays.
- Findings endorsed the use of frailty assessment in clinical decision-making and resource allocation for emergency surgical settings, especially for older adults.
- Data from over 1.38 million adult patients undergoing emergency operations was analyzed, with the HFRS demonstrating the highest accuracy in predicting outcomes.
Source: Surgery
