Frailty Status and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit

The frail group of patients experienced worse outcomes than their fitter counterparts; in-hospital mortality rate was higher (35.8% vs 29.3%), mean length of stay in survivors longer (25 vs 17 days), and ventilator use more frequent (64.3% vs 46.6%). [...]we recorded a higher experienced mortality c...

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Published inThe Journal of frailty & aging Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 242 - 243
Main Authors Jones, Matthew Rhys, Subbe, C. P, Thorpe, C, Pickwick, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Rome Springer Nature B.V 2022
Springer International Publishing
Subjects
COVID-19
Decision making
Feasibility
Frail
Frailty
Intensive care
Length of stay
Letter to the Editor
Mortality
Mortality rates
Patient admissions
Reliability
Systematic review
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Summary:The frail group of patients experienced worse outcomes than their fitter counterparts; in-hospital mortality rate was higher (35.8% vs 29.3%), mean length of stay in survivors longer (25 vs 17 days), and ventilator use more frequent (64.3% vs 46.6%). [...]we recorded a higher experienced mortality compared to that predicted by ICNARC and APACHE-II. Feasibility and reliability of frailty assessment in the critically ill: a systematic review.
ISSN:2260-1341
2273-4309
DOI:10.14283/jfa.2022.5