Niklas Geue
Modern Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Techniques for the Characterization of Supramolecules and Coordination Compounds
Analytical chemistry
frailty assessment recommended patients heart failure despite availability instruments assess frailty clear recommendations regarding optimal instrument use heart failure context ambiguity combined lack education resources often leads clinicians rely subjective estimates frailty endofthebed eyeball test examine association clinicianestimated frailty formal frailty assessment adults heart failure crosssectional analysis frailty measurement heart failure framehf study 1 adults aged 18 years outpatient heart failure clinic cardiology ward 2 cardiovascular clinicians nurses physicians alliedhealth professionals following participant recruitment cardiovascular clinicians asked rate participants frailty status based routine clinical assessment either frail prefrail nonfrail compared formal frailty assessment using modified version frailty phenotype association clinicianestimated frailty formal frailty assessment examined using weighted kappa statistic spearmans correlation coefficient total 75 patients 39 clinicians recruited producing 194 paired frailty assessments mean age patients 54 13 years correlation pooled clinicianestimated frailty formal frailty fair 052 p000 correlation highest alliedhealth estimated frailty formal frailty 070 p000 agreement pooled clinicianestimated frailty formal frailty fair 033 highest allied healthestimated frailty formal frailty 045 subjective clinicianestimated frailty reliable replacement formal frailty assessment adults heart failure underscoring need assessment using valid reliable instrument