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The Geriatric Measurement Tool combines the FRAIL Questionnaire with the Barthel Index For Daily Living to give a prognosis on your patient's mortality. First used to predict mortality in older patients with pneumonia during COVID-19 pandemic. Now being investigated for other ED patient populations.
FRAIL Questionnaire: Fatigue, Resistance, Aerobic, Illness, Weight loss. https://www.activeagingweek.com/pdf/abbott/FRAILQuestionnaire.pdf
Barthel: Ten questions about ADL's to create a score 0-100. https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/3912/barthel-index-activities-daily-living-adl
References
- The Role of the Geriatric Measurement Tool in Predicting Clinical Outcomes Among Elderly Patient in the Emergency Department
Zaman, Süeda et al. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 79, 560 - 567
2. Gómez-Moreno, C., Chacón-Corral, A.A., Pérez-Méndez, A. et al. Association between a geriatric measure tool and adverse outcomes among older adults treated in an emergency department: a retrospective cohort study. Intern Emerg Med 20, 2205–2213 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-024-03843-w