What is it about?
Identification of frailty using clinical frailty scales on older patients admitted to hospital with a vertebral fragility fracture. The prevalence of frailty is high is this group of patients and this needs addressing alongside their fracture
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Why is it important?
Frailty syndrome is prevalent among older people and a comprehensive approach to managing it has been shown to deliver good outcomes. This needs to be embedded into hospital care for vertebral fractures in older people.
Perspectives
We have identified a prevalent issue among older people with vertebral fractures. Our experience with hip fractures is that by tackling the acute fracture and prevailing frailty among these group of patients, clinical outcomes were much improved.
Dr Terence Ong
Queens Medical Centre
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This page is a summary of: The prevalence of frailty in patients admitted to hospital with vertebral fragility fractures, Current Rheumatology Reviews, June 2016, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/1573397112666160619190744.
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