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Background: Frailty, history of dementia (HoD), and acute confusional states (ACS) are common in older patients admitted to hospital.
Objective: To study the association of frailty (≥six points in the Clinical Frailty Scale [CFS]), HoD, and ACS with hospital outcomes, controlling for age, gender, acute illness severity (measured by a Modified Early Warning Score in the emergency department), comorbidity (Charlson Comorbidity Index), and discharging specialty (general medicine, geriatric medicine, surgery).
Design: Retrospective, observational study.
Setting: Large university hospital in England.
Patients: We analyzed 8,202 first nonelective inpatient episodes of people ages 75 years and older between October 2014 and October 2015.
Measurements: The outcomes studied were prolonged length of stay (LOS 10 days), inpatient mortality, delayed discharge, institutionalization, and 30-day readmission. Statistical analyses were based on multivariate regression models.
Results: Independently of controlling variables, prolonged LOS was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: odds ratio (OR) = 1.55; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.36-1.77; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.16; 95% CI, 1.79-2.61; P less than .001; and ACS: OR = 3.31; 95% CI, 2.64-4.15; P less than .001. Inpatient mortality was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR = 2.29; 95% CI, 1.79-2.94, P less than .001. Delayed discharge was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR = 1.46; 95% CI, 1.27-1.67; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.17; 95% CI, 1.80-2.62; P less than .001, and ACS: OR = 2.29; 95% CI: 1.83-2.85; P less than .001. Institutionalization was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR=2.56; 95% CI, 2.09-3.14; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.51; 95% CI, 2.00-3.14; P less than .001; and ACS: OR = 1.93; 95% CI, 1.46-2.56; P less than .001. Readmission was predicted by ACS: OR = 1.36; 95% CI, 1.09-1.71; P = .006.
Conclusion: Routine screening for frailty, HoD, and ACS in hospitals may aid the development of acute care pathways for older adults.
Read the full article at journalofhospitalmedicine.com.
Also in JHM this month…
- Screening for Depression in Hospitalized Medical Patients
AUTHORS: Waguih William IsHak, MD, FAPA, Katherine Collison, Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, Lili Shek, MD, Payam Kharazi, Tae Kim, DO Candidate, Karim Y. Jaffer, MD Candidate, Lancer Naghdechi, DO Candidate, Enrique Lopez, PsyD, Teryl Nuckols, MD, MSHS, FHM
- Patient-Level Exclusions from mHealth in a Safety-Net Health System
AUTHORS: Keiki Hinami, MD, MS, Bhrandon A. Harris, MD, Ricardo Uriostegui, MD, Wilnise Jasmin, MD, MBA, Mario Lopez, MD, William E. Trick, MD
- Medical and Economic Burden of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Retrospective Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Study
AUTHORS: Ranjan Pathak, MD, Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MD, Paras Karmacharya, MD, Madan Raj Aryal, MD, Anthony A. Donato, MD, MHPE
- Assessment of the Readability, Understandability and Completeness of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Discharge Instructions
AUTHORS: Ndidi I. Unaka, MD, Med, Angela Statile, MD, Med, Julianne Haney, Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH, Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc, Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd
- Impact of Patient-Centered Discharge Tools: A Systematic Review
AUTHORS: Karen Okrainec, MD, MSc, Davina Lau, BSc, Howard B Abrams, MD, Shoshanna Hahn-Goldberg, PhD, Ronak Brahmbhatt, MBBS, MPH, Tai Huynh, MBA, Kenneth Lam, MD, Chaim M Bell, MD, PhD
Background: Frailty, history of dementia (HoD), and acute confusional states (ACS) are common in older patients admitted to hospital.
Objective: To study the association of frailty (≥six points in the Clinical Frailty Scale [CFS]), HoD, and ACS with hospital outcomes, controlling for age, gender, acute illness severity (measured by a Modified Early Warning Score in the emergency department), comorbidity (Charlson Comorbidity Index), and discharging specialty (general medicine, geriatric medicine, surgery).
Design: Retrospective, observational study.
Setting: Large university hospital in England.
Patients: We analyzed 8,202 first nonelective inpatient episodes of people ages 75 years and older between October 2014 and October 2015.
Measurements: The outcomes studied were prolonged length of stay (LOS 10 days), inpatient mortality, delayed discharge, institutionalization, and 30-day readmission. Statistical analyses were based on multivariate regression models.
Results: Independently of controlling variables, prolonged LOS was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: odds ratio (OR) = 1.55; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.36-1.77; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.16; 95% CI, 1.79-2.61; P less than .001; and ACS: OR = 3.31; 95% CI, 2.64-4.15; P less than .001. Inpatient mortality was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR = 2.29; 95% CI, 1.79-2.94, P less than .001. Delayed discharge was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR = 1.46; 95% CI, 1.27-1.67; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.17; 95% CI, 1.80-2.62; P less than .001, and ACS: OR = 2.29; 95% CI: 1.83-2.85; P less than .001. Institutionalization was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR=2.56; 95% CI, 2.09-3.14; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.51; 95% CI, 2.00-3.14; P less than .001; and ACS: OR = 1.93; 95% CI, 1.46-2.56; P less than .001. Readmission was predicted by ACS: OR = 1.36; 95% CI, 1.09-1.71; P = .006.
Conclusion: Routine screening for frailty, HoD, and ACS in hospitals may aid the development of acute care pathways for older adults.
Read the full article at journalofhospitalmedicine.com.
Also in JHM this month…
- Screening for Depression in Hospitalized Medical Patients
AUTHORS: Waguih William IsHak, MD, FAPA, Katherine Collison, Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, Lili Shek, MD, Payam Kharazi, Tae Kim, DO Candidate, Karim Y. Jaffer, MD Candidate, Lancer Naghdechi, DO Candidate, Enrique Lopez, PsyD, Teryl Nuckols, MD, MSHS, FHM
- Patient-Level Exclusions from mHealth in a Safety-Net Health System
AUTHORS: Keiki Hinami, MD, MS, Bhrandon A. Harris, MD, Ricardo Uriostegui, MD, Wilnise Jasmin, MD, MBA, Mario Lopez, MD, William E. Trick, MD
- Medical and Economic Burden of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Retrospective Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Study
AUTHORS: Ranjan Pathak, MD, Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MD, Paras Karmacharya, MD, Madan Raj Aryal, MD, Anthony A. Donato, MD, MHPE
- Assessment of the Readability, Understandability and Completeness of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Discharge Instructions
AUTHORS: Ndidi I. Unaka, MD, Med, Angela Statile, MD, Med, Julianne Haney, Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH, Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc, Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd
- Impact of Patient-Centered Discharge Tools: A Systematic Review
AUTHORS: Karen Okrainec, MD, MSc, Davina Lau, BSc, Howard B Abrams, MD, Shoshanna Hahn-Goldberg, PhD, Ronak Brahmbhatt, MBBS, MPH, Tai Huynh, MBA, Kenneth Lam, MD, Chaim M Bell, MD, PhD
Background: Frailty, history of dementia (HoD), and acute confusional states (ACS) are common in older patients admitted to hospital.
Objective: To study the association of frailty (≥six points in the Clinical Frailty Scale [CFS]), HoD, and ACS with hospital outcomes, controlling for age, gender, acute illness severity (measured by a Modified Early Warning Score in the emergency department), comorbidity (Charlson Comorbidity Index), and discharging specialty (general medicine, geriatric medicine, surgery).
Design: Retrospective, observational study.
Setting: Large university hospital in England.
Patients: We analyzed 8,202 first nonelective inpatient episodes of people ages 75 years and older between October 2014 and October 2015.
Measurements: The outcomes studied were prolonged length of stay (LOS 10 days), inpatient mortality, delayed discharge, institutionalization, and 30-day readmission. Statistical analyses were based on multivariate regression models.
Results: Independently of controlling variables, prolonged LOS was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: odds ratio (OR) = 1.55; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.36-1.77; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.16; 95% CI, 1.79-2.61; P less than .001; and ACS: OR = 3.31; 95% CI, 2.64-4.15; P less than .001. Inpatient mortality was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR = 2.29; 95% CI, 1.79-2.94, P less than .001. Delayed discharge was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR = 1.46; 95% CI, 1.27-1.67; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.17; 95% CI, 1.80-2.62; P less than .001, and ACS: OR = 2.29; 95% CI: 1.83-2.85; P less than .001. Institutionalization was predicted by CFS greater than or equal to 6: OR=2.56; 95% CI, 2.09-3.14; P less than .001; HOD: OR = 2.51; 95% CI, 2.00-3.14; P less than .001; and ACS: OR = 1.93; 95% CI, 1.46-2.56; P less than .001. Readmission was predicted by ACS: OR = 1.36; 95% CI, 1.09-1.71; P = .006.
Conclusion: Routine screening for frailty, HoD, and ACS in hospitals may aid the development of acute care pathways for older adults.
Read the full article at journalofhospitalmedicine.com.
Also in JHM this month…
- Screening for Depression in Hospitalized Medical Patients
AUTHORS: Waguih William IsHak, MD, FAPA, Katherine Collison, Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, Lili Shek, MD, Payam Kharazi, Tae Kim, DO Candidate, Karim Y. Jaffer, MD Candidate, Lancer Naghdechi, DO Candidate, Enrique Lopez, PsyD, Teryl Nuckols, MD, MSHS, FHM
- Patient-Level Exclusions from mHealth in a Safety-Net Health System
AUTHORS: Keiki Hinami, MD, MS, Bhrandon A. Harris, MD, Ricardo Uriostegui, MD, Wilnise Jasmin, MD, MBA, Mario Lopez, MD, William E. Trick, MD
- Medical and Economic Burden of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Retrospective Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Study
AUTHORS: Ranjan Pathak, MD, Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MD, Paras Karmacharya, MD, Madan Raj Aryal, MD, Anthony A. Donato, MD, MHPE
- Assessment of the Readability, Understandability and Completeness of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Discharge Instructions
AUTHORS: Ndidi I. Unaka, MD, Med, Angela Statile, MD, Med, Julianne Haney, Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH, Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc, Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd
- Impact of Patient-Centered Discharge Tools: A Systematic Review
AUTHORS: Karen Okrainec, MD, MSc, Davina Lau, BSc, Howard B Abrams, MD, Shoshanna Hahn-Goldberg, PhD, Ronak Brahmbhatt, MBBS, MPH, Tai Huynh, MBA, Kenneth Lam, MD, Chaim M Bell, MD, PhD