The impact of frailty on survival in elderly intensive care patients with COVID-19: the COVIP study

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led highly developed healthcare systems to the brink of collapse due to the large numbers of patients being admitted into hospitals. One of the potential prognostic indicators in patients with COVID-19 is frailty. The degree of frailty could be used to a...

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Main Authors: Christian Jung, Hans Flaatten, Jesper Fjølner, Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Antonio Artigas, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Joerg C. Schefold, Georg Wolff, Malte Kelm, Michael Beil, Sigal Sviri, Peter Vernon van Heerden, Wojciech Szczeklik, Miroslaw Czuczwar, Muhammed Elhadi, Michael Joannidis, Sandra Oeyen, Tilemachos Zafeiridis, Brian Marsh, Finn H. Andersen, Rui Moreno, Maurizio Cecconi, Susannah Leaver, Ariane Boumendil, Dylan W. De Lange, Bertrand Guidet, COVIP study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03551-3