Association of Frailty with Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection

Association of Frailty with Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Suspected COVID-19 Infection

Older age and frailty are predictors of adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19. In emergency medicine, patients do not present with the diagnosis, but with suspicion of COVID-19. The aim of this study was to assess the association of frailty and age with death or admission to intensive care in p...

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Main Authors: Noemi R. Simon, Andrea S. Jauslin, Marco Rueegg, Raphael Twerenbold, Maurin Lampart, Stefan Osswald, Stefano Bassetti, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Martin Siegemund, Christian H. Nickel, Roland Bingisser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
age
frailty
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
mortality
intensive care
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/11/2472

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