Prevalence and impact of frailty on mortality in elderly ICU patients: a prospective, multicenter, observational study

Pascale Le Maguet,Antoine Roquilly,Sigismond Lasocki,Karim Asehnoune,Elsa Carise,Marjorie Saint Martin,Olivier Mimoz,Grégoire Le Gac,Dominique Somme,Catherine Cattenoz,Fanny Feuillet,Yannick Malledant,Philippe Seguin

Prevalence and impact of frailty on mortality in elderly ICU patients: a prospective, multicenter, observational study

2014

Pascale Le Maguet
Antoine Roquilly
Sigismond Lasocki
Karim Asehnoune
Elsa Carise
Marjorie Saint Martin
Olivier Mimoz
Grégoire Le Gac
Dominique Somme
Catherine Cattenoz
Fanny Feuillet
Yannick Malledant
Philippe Seguin

Purpose Frailty is a recent concept used for evaluating elderly individuals. Our study determined the prevalence of frailty in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and its impact on the rate of mortality.

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Intensive care medicine
Observational study
Intensive care unit
Medicine
Simplified Acute Physiology Score
SAPS II
Hazard ratio
Severity of illness
Prospective cohort study
Confidence interval
SOFA score

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