Beyond the Scale: The impact of frailty in clinical practice

This powerful podcast episode covers an in-depth discussion about the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale and its use in intensive care settings, featuring Professor Ken Rockwood , the creator of the scale, along with Professor Zudin Puthucheary and Professor Nazir Lone . The conversation explores the origins of the scale, developed not as a screening tool, but as a way to summarise comprehensive geriatric assessments with our speakers delving into how the scale became particularly prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic for ICU admission decisions. Reflecting on the complex decisions clinicians face when treating frail patients in intensive care, our guests challenges listeners to go beyond the scale and calls for careful judgment, empathy, and a deeper understanding of what meaningful care truly looks like.

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Beyond the Scale: The impact of frailty in clinical practice is an episode from Intensive Care Society Podcast by Intensive Care Society.

This episode is 00:45:04 long.

This episode was published on Mar 19, 2026.

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