Feasibility and utility of frailty assessment in the over 80 s on critical care

A recent UK-wide audit in perioperative care of the over 80 s recommended the use of frailty assessment as an independent marker of risk in older people [1]. Our critical care unit (CCU) has a fully integrated patient data management system (Metavision®) incorporating notes, patient data and laboratory results. We wished to determine the feasibility and utility of performing frailty assessments using our existing data collection tools on all patients over 80 years old.