Frailty Is Independently Associated with Mortality and Readmission in Hospitalized Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Qian A, Nguyen N, Elia J, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn W, Singh S. Frailty Is Independently Associated with Mortality and Readmission in Hospitalized Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2020, 19: 2054-2063.e14. PMID: 32801013, PMCID: PMC7930013, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseCause of hospitalizationHigh riskFrail patientsBowel diseaseSevere inflammatory bowel diseaseNationwide Readmissions DatabaseRisk of readmissionBurden of hospitalizationRisk of complicationsCost of hospitalizationBenefits of treatmentIndependent effectsRepresentative cohort studyIndex admissionMedian followCause readmissionComorbidity indexIndex hospitalizationCohort studyInpatient mortalityOlder patientsFrailty riskHospitalized patientsLongitudinal burden