Reliability of the Clinical Frailty Scale in very elderly ICU patients: a prospective European study
Abstract Purpose Frailty is a valuable predictor for outcome in elderly ICU patients, and has been suggested to be used in various decision-making processes prior to and during an ICU admission. There are many instruments developed to assess frailty, but few of them can be used in emergency situatio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-02-01
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Series: | Annals of Intensive Care |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-021-00815-7 |