Frailty as a predictor of hospital length of stay after elective total joint replacements in elderly patients

Frailty as a predictor of hospital length of stay after elective total joint replacements in elderly patients. Wang HT
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018 Jan 16;19(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s12891-018-1935-8

• Frailty as measured by the Clinical Frailty Scale, but not the FRAIL scale, was found to be significantly associated with length of stay and discharge in elderly (>65yrs) patients awaiting elective total joint replacement. 
• Study details: A prospective, observational, study (Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Quebec, Canada) of patients 65yrs or older awaiting elective total joint replacement (n= 87) .