Frailty is an age-related clinical condition characterised by an increased susceptibility to
stressors and an elevated risk of adverse outcomes such as mortality. In the light of global …

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 …

Caring for the elderly has always been challenging for the intensive care unit (ICU)
physician. Concerns like frailty, comorbidities, polypharmacy and advanced directives come …

Background This large-scale analysis pools individual data about the Clinical Frailty Scale
(CFS) to predict outcome in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods A systematic search …

Background Older populations have suffered the highest rates of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
and associated complications, including Post‐Acute Sequelae of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection …

Background Immune responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have not been well
characterized in frail older adults. We postulated that frailty is associated with impaired …

Many factors have contributed to rendering frailty an emerging, relevant, and very popular
concept. First, many pandemics that have affected humanity in history, including COVID-19 …

Background Observational data during the pandemic have demonstrated mixed
associations between frailty and mortality. Aim To examine associations between frailty and …

Background The concept of frailty provides an age-independent, easy-to-use tool for risk
stratification. We aimed to summarize the evidence on the efficacy of frailty tools in risk …

Background Frailty is a physiological condition characterized by a decreased reserve to
stressors. In patients with COVID-19, frailty is a risk factor for in-hospital mortality. The aim of …