Letter to the Editor: Premorbid Frailty is a better Prognostic Indicator than Age in Oldest-old Hospitalized with COVID-19
Older people have a higher susceptibility for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms and mortality.1 Current studies examining the relation between outcome and frailty in COVID-19 show contrasting results2 –7; however, these studies did not include illness severity as an effect. We conducted a multicenter cohort study in patients aged 80 years and older who were admitted with COVID-19 to 10 different acute hospitals in March and April 2020 in order to better understand the relation between frailty and in-hospital mortality combined with respiratory failure.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Ruth Piers, Wim Janssens, Katrien Cobbaert, Inge Pattyn, Ine Westhovens, Han Martens, Katrien Van Puyvelde, Sandra Maertens, Vinciane Guyssens, Hilde Baeyens, Griet Buyck, Eva De Raes, Marie Louise Van Leeuwen, Veerle Mouton, David Dedecker, Ellen Deschep Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research