The Clinical Frailty Scale predicts inpatient mortality in older hospitalised patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease and frailty are both common conditions affecting older people. Little is known regarding the association of the Clinical Frailty Scale with hospital outcomes in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease patients admitted to the acute hospital. We aimed to test whether frailty status was an...

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Main Authors: KM Torsney, R Romero-Ortuno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2018-06-01
Series:The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
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Online Access:https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_48_2_torsney.pdf