Background Increasing numbers of critically ill patients experience a prolonged intensive
care unit stay contributing to greater physical and psychological morbidity, strain on families …

Background The primary outcome of this study is to investigate the association between the
cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) variables: anaerobic threshold (AT), peak oxygen …

Background There are currently no validated globally and freely available tools to estimate
the modified frailty index (mFI). The widely available and non-proprietary International …

Background Frailty is a multi-dimensional syndrome of reduced reserve, resulting from
overlapping physiological decrements across multiple systems. The contributing factors …

Objectives: To demonstrate the association between the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS)
and 30-day mortality, 30-day hospital readmission and length of stay (LOS) in France …

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic with its extreme pressure on resources and intensive
care beds has prompted many healthcare providers to consider more fully the potentially …

En los años recientes el número de ancianos que requieren manejo en Unidad de Cuidado
Intensivo (UCI) ha venido en aumento, enfrentando al intensivista a una población con …

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The clinical concept of frailty as a detectable and improvable clinical condition has emerged
in the field of geriatric medicine over the past two decades. Albeit frailty can be described as …

Background: This study aimed to assess and compare the prognostic value of frailty score
(FS), Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, and additive of FS and SOFA …