Validating SPICES as a Screening Tool for Frailty Risks among Hospitalized Older Adults

• Main Authors: Harriet Udin Aronow (Author), Jeff Borenstein (Author), Flora Haus (Author), Glenn D. Braunstein (Author), Linda Burnes Bolton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Older patients are vulnerable to adverse hospital events related to frailty. SPICES, a common screening protocol to identify risk factors in older patients, alerts nurses to initiate care plans to reduce the probability of patient harm. However, there is little published validating the association b...