Beyond Chronological Age: Frailty and Multimorbidity Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With COVID-19

Background: We evaluated whether frailty and multimorbidity predict in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 beyond chronological age. Methods: 165 patients admitted from March 8th to April 17th, 2020, with COVID-19 in an acute geriatric ward in Italy were included. Pre-disease frailty was as...

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Autores principales: Zucchelli, Alberto, Marengoni, Alessandra, Vetrano, Davide, Ferrucci, Luigi, Fratiglioni, Laura, Bernabei, Roberto, Onder, Graziano, Romanelli, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8679506/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.055

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8679506/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.055

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