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The role of frailty in outcomes from critical illness.
Current opinion in critical care - 1 Oct 2013
Bagshaw Sean M, McDermid Robert C
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome characterized by loss of physiologic reserves that gives rise to vulnerability to adverse events. RECENT FINDINGS: Frailty has been described in older patients undergoing geriatric assessment and in noncardiac and cardiac surgical settings, in which it closely correlates with heightened risk for major morbidity including functional decline, postoperative...
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