Does frailty predict post stroke mortality?

Paul McEnhill¹, Kelli M Torsney^{2

3}, Chakravarthi Rajkumar^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
² Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Universities of Brighton & Sussex, Brighton, UK.

Comment

Paul McEnhill et al. Age Ageing. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 1;49(4):535-536.

doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa030.

Paul McEnhill¹, Kelli M Torsney^{2

3}, Chakravarthi Rajkumar^{1

4}

¹ Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
² Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Universities of Brighton & Sussex, Brighton, UK.

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Keywords: frailty; mortality; older people; stroke; thrombolysis.

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Clinical frailty independently predicts early mortality after ischaemic stroke.
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