Frailty as a predictor of mortality in COVID-19 patients receiving CPAP for respiratory insufficiency.
Sarah DamantiGiuseppe Alvise RamirezEnrica Paola BozzoloValentina Da PratGiuseppe Di LuccaGaetano Di TerlizziAlessandro MarinosciRaffaella ScottiSilvia StradaPaolo ScarpelliniBarbara CastiglioniChiara OltoliniMarco RipaChiara Tassan DinClarissa Elisabeth CenturioniFlavia Di ScalaAgnese GobbiAda Carla AlbaGiuseppina Maria CasiraghiAnna MorgilloMoreno TresoldiPublished in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2022)
Frailty is highly prevalent among patients with COVID-19, predicts poorer outcomes independently of age. A personalization of care balancing the risk and benefit of treatments (especially the invasive ones) in such complex patients is pivotal.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- sars cov
- obstructive sleep apnea
- palliative care
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- quality improvement
- community dwelling
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- pain management
- sleep apnea
- breast cancer risk