Predicting mortality risk in older hospitalized persons with COVID-19: a comparison of the COVID-19 mortality risk score with frailty and disability

C Fumagalli, A Ungar, R Rozzini, M Vannini… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the association of pre-morbid functional status [Barthel Index (BI)] and
frailty [modified Frailty Index (mFI)] with in-hospital mortality and a risk scoring system …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical presentation and outcomes of COVID-19 in older hospitalised patients assessed by the record-based multidimensional prognostic index, a cross …

AB Verholt, M Gregersen, N Gonzalez-Bofill… - European Geriatric …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Older people are the most frequently hospital admitted patients with COVID-19. We
aimed to describe the clinical presentation of COVID-19 among frail and nonfrail older …

Beyond chronological age: frailty and multimorbidity predict in-hospital mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019

A Marengoni, A Zucchelli, DL Vetrano… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background We evaluated whether frailty and multimorbidity predict in-hospital mortality in
patients with COVID-19 beyond chronological age. Method A total of 165 patients admitted …

Risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease and death in patients aged 70 and over: a retrospective observational cohort study

K Fagard, E Gielen, M Deschodt, E Devriendt… - Acta Clinica …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in rapid reorganisations of hospital care. In our
hospital, the geriatrics team introduced the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) on the non-ICU …

[HTML][HTML] Age, frailty, and comorbidity as prognostic factors for short-term outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in geriatric care

S Hägg, J Jylhävä, Y Wang, H Xu, C Metzner… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To analyze whether frailty and comorbidities are associated with in-hospital
mortality and discharge to home in older adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical frailty score as an independent predictor of outcome in COVID-19 hospitalised patients

G Koduri, S Gokaraju, M Darda, V Warrier… - European Geriatric …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of the study We explored potential predictive variables associated with outcomes
using baseline clinical parameters of 500 hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in a single …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality risk factors in a Spanish cohort of oldest-old patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in an acute geriatric unit: the OCTA-COVID study

I Lozano-Montoya, M Quezada-Feijoo… - European geriatric …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To determine predictors of in-hospital mortality related to COVID-19 in oldest-old
patients. Design Single-center observational study. Setting and participants Patients≥ 75 …

Frailty and mortality in hospitalized older adults with COVID-19: retrospective observational study

R De Smet, B Mellaerts, H Vandewinckele… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the association between frailty and short-term mortality in older
adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design Retrospective single …

Frailty assessment in the emergency department for risk stratification of COVID-19 patients aged≥ 80 years

M Covino, A Russo, S Salini, G De Matteis… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate, in a cohort of adults aged≥ 80 years, the overlapping effect of
clinical severity, comorbidities, cognitive impairment, and frailty, for the in-hospital death risk …

[HTML][HTML] Older age and frailty are the chief predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients admitted to an acute medical unit in a secondary care setting-a cohort study

R Chinnadurai, O Ogedengbe, P Agarwal… - BMC geriatrics, 2020 - Springer
Background There is a need for more observational studies across different clinical settings
to better understand the epidemiology of the novel COVID-19 infection. Evidence on clinical …