FRAILTY IN HEMODIALYSIS PATEINT

Abstract

railty has been defined as a deterioration syndrome or state of increased vulnerability to stressful situations, characterized by a reduction in biological functional reserves, which raises the risk of poor outcomes such as the progression of disease, disability, hospitalization, and death. Some studies have established an association between frailty in HD and poor prognosis, leading to hospitalization, and death. In most of these studies, frailty was assessed through the presence of a frail phenotype as in the Fried Phenotype Frailty Index, or through subjective scales like the Canadian Frailty Scale. However, there is less experience in the use of multi-domain scales, like the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), in HD.