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 …

Background Frailty is a common condition present in older Emergency Department (ED)
patients that is associated with poor health outcomes. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a …

Abstract Objective To validate the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) for prediction of 1‐year all‐
cause mortality in the emergency department (ED) and compare its performance to the …

Background Risk stratification for older people based on aggregated vital signs lack the
accuracy to predict mortality at presentation to the Emergency Department (ED). We aimed …

Background Limited data exists evaluating predictors of long-term outcomes after
hospitalization for COVID-19. Methods We conducted a prospective, longitudinal cohort …

Abstract Purpose The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) allows health care providers to quickly
stratify older patients, to support clinical decision-making. However, few studies have …

Background Several guidelines recommend using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) for triage
of critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. This study evaluates the …

Purpose Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) endangers the health and survival of the
elderly. We tried to explore factors especially kidney function which affected mortality in …

Background & aims Sarcopenia, frailty, and COVID-19 appear to be intertwined. Preventive
and intervention measures are required to break this link and mitigate the consequences of …

Infections have important adverse consequences for older adults, particularly those who are
frail. In this chapter, we review how age and frailty impact immune responses to infections …