Reliability of the Clinical Frailty Scale in very elderly ICU patients: a prospective European study

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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Main Authors: Hans Flaatten, Bertrand Guidet, Finn H. Andersen, Antonio Artigas, Maurizio Cecconi, Ariane Boumendil, Muhammed Elhadi, Jesper Fjølner, Michael Joannidis, Christian Jung, Susannah Leaver, Brian Marsh, Rui Moreno, Sandra Oeyen, Yuriy Nalapko, Joerg C. Schefold, Wojciech Szczeklik, Sten Walther, Ximena Watson, Tilemachos Zafeiridis, Dylan W. de Lange, the VIP2 Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
Subjects:
Clinical frailty scale
Inter-rater variability
Intensive care
Octogenarians
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-021-00815-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-021-00815-7

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