The clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe disease and death. Understanding the risk factors of …

Abstracts The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects infected patients even after the
acute phase and impairs their health and quality of life by causing a wide variety of …

Frailty has become a condition we as intensivists have been gradually more familiar with.
Geriatricians have developed the concept and it includes several age-related changes …

Background COVID-19 has affected older persons the most. The propensity to have severe
COVID-19 or die of the infection was especially prevalent among older subjects with …

The pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused emerging
challenges for healthcare systems regarding the assistance to the older adult population …

Introduction: Frailty, a measure of biological aging, has been linked to worse COVID-19
outcomes. However, as the mortality differs across the COVID-19 waves, it is less clear …

OBJECTIVES: Few studies have explored the effect of frailty on the long-term survival of
COVID-19 patients after ICU admission. Furthermore, the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) validity …

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, the urgency for updated
evidence to inform public health and clinical care placed systematic literature reviews …

Background It is unclear if the impact of frailty on mortality differs between patients with viral
pneumonitis due to COVID-19 or other causes. We aimed to determine if a difference exists …

With the intensification of population aging worldwide, the health problems of the elderly
have become a particular concern. Functional disability is a prominent problem in the aging …