U.S., Aug. 23 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT04061317) titled 'SPOT-FRAILTY Assessment of Frailty in Patients Over the Age of 70 Undergoing a Cardiac Intervention' on April 15.
Brief Summary: Rocha (2017), published a systematic review and meta-analysis highlighting the clinical utility of frailty scales for the prediction of post-operative complications. The results of the review of 15 studies show that, overall, frailty significantly increases the risk for developing adverse outcomes such as, mortality, morbidity and extended length of hospital stay. However, different frailty scales showed different prevalence of frailty even when tested in the same population, which means that future studie...