Background Frailty is a common and clinically significant condition among geriatric
populations. Although well-evidenced pooled estimates of the prevalence of frailty exist …

Background: The number of older people living and dying with frailty is rising, but our
understanding of their end-of-life care needs is limited. Aim: To synthesise evidence on the …

Following the new ESPEN Standard Operating Procedures, the previous guidelines to
provide best medical nutritional therapy to critically ill patients have been updated. These …

Purpose The biological and functional heterogeneity in very old patients constitutes a major
challenge to prognostication and patient management in intensive care units (ICUs). In …

Patients with frailty experience substantial physical and emotional distress related to their
condition and face increased morbidity and mortality compared with their nonfrail peers …

Objectives To assess the degree of frailty in older people with different advanced diseases
and its relationship with end-of-life illness trajectories and survival. Methods Prospective …

Objective To examine the needs of adult survivors of critical illness through a lens of
palliative care. Research methodology A qualitative study of adult survivors of critical illness …

Background Palliative care is a person-centered approach aiming to relieve patient's health-
related suffering and it is often needed when caring for critically ill patients to manage …

Introduction Frailty at listing for lung transplant has been associated with waitlist and post‐
transplant mortality. Frailty trajectories following transplant, however, have been less well …

Background Unplanned rehospitalizations (UR) within 30 days of discharge are common
after lung transplantation. It is unknown whether UR represents preventable gaps in care or …