Relationship between community walking ability and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with sepsis: a single-center retrospective cohort study
Abstract Purpose To examine the association of a simple frailty assessment, Life Space (LS), with in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with sepsis. Methods We used data from a single hospital between 2014 and 2017. We included elderly patients (age ≥ 65 years) admitted to the intensive care uni...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Intensive Care |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-019-0385-1 |