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The Palliative Performance Scale predicts mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a substantial mortality risk with increased rates in the elderly. We hypothesized that age is not sufficient, and that frailty measured by preadmission Palliative Performance Scale would be a predictor of outcomes. Improved ability to identify high...

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Autores principales: Fiorentino, Michele, Pentakota, Sri Ram, Mosenthal, Anne C, Glass, Nina E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7378312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32677509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269216320940566