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

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Authors

Christian Jung · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Hans Flaatten · Haukeland University Hospital

Jesper Fjølner · Aarhus University Hospital

Raphael Romano Bruno · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Bernhard Wernly · Paracelsus Medical University

Antonio Artigas · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Bernardo Bollen Pinto

Abstract

Frailty provides relevant prognostic information in elderly COVID-19 patients in addition to age and comorbidities. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT04321265 , registered 19 March 2020.

Topics & Keywords

Frailty in Older Adults Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Critical Care

Volume 25, Issue 1, pp. 149-149

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03551-3

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