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Frailty subtypes and recovery in older survivors of acute respiratory failure: a pilot study.
Thorax - 1 Apr 2021
Baldwin Matthew R, Pollack Lauren R, Friedman Richard A, Norris Simone P, Javaid Azka, O'Donnell Max R, Cummings Matthew J, Needham Dale M, Colantuoni Elizabeth, Maurer Mathew S, Lederer David J
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BACKGROUND: Identifying subtypes of acute respiratory failure survivors may facilitate patient selection for post-intensive care unit (ICU) follow-up clinics and trials. METHODS: We conducted a single-centre prospective cohort study of 185 acute respiratory failure survivors, aged ≥ 65 years. We applied latent class modelling to identify frailty subtypes using frailty phenotype and cognitive impairment...
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