Mortality in relation to frailty in patients admitted to a specialized geriatric intensive care unit

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1586-1594

  Zeng, An ^a   Song, Xiaowei ^b,c   Dong, Jiahui ^d   Mitnitski, Arnold ^b,e   Liu, Jian ^d   Guo, Zhenhui ^d,f   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b,c  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d GUANGZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Frailty; Frailty index; Older patients; Specialized geriatric intensive care unit; Survival

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84959327217     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv084     Document Type: Article

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