The association between frailty and severe disease among COVID-19 patients aged over 60 years in China: a prospective cohort study
Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a pandemic worldwide. Old age and underlying illnesses are associated with poor prognosis among COVID-19 patients. However, whether frailty, a common geriatric syndrome of reduced reserve to stressors, is associated with poor progn...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-09-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01761-0 |