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The impact of frailty on intensive care unit outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Intensive Care Medicine · 2017 · Vol. 43(8) · pp. 1105–1122
John Muscedere✉(Queen's University)Braden Waters(McMaster University)Aditya Varambally(Midwestern University)Sean M. Bagshaw(University of Alberta)J. Gordon Boyd(Queen's University)David M. Maslove(Queen's University)Stephanie Sibley(Queen's University)Kenneth Rockwood(Dalhousie University)
Abstract
Frailty is common in patients admitted to ICU and is associated with worsened outcomes. Identification of this previously unrecognized and vulnerable ICU population should act as the impetus for investigating and implementing appropriate care plans for critically ill frail patients. Registration: PROSPERO (ID: CRD42016053910).
Frailty in Older AdultsHip and Femur FracturesGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesMedicineMeta-analysisObservational studyIntensive care unitMEDLINECINAHLEmergency medicineSystematic reviewRelative riskAnesthesiology
MeSH terms
FrailtyAdultAge FactorsHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexPrevalenceCritical IllnessTreatment OutcomeHospital MortalityObservational Studies as Topic
Funding
- Pfizer
- Sanofi
- Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation
- Consortium canadien en neurodégénérescence associée au vieillissement
- Government of Canada
- Alzheimer Society
- Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
- Dalhousie University
- H. Lundbeck A/S
- Canadian Frailty Network
- Pfizer Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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837
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