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Frailty and invasive mechanical ventilation: association with outcomes, extubation failure, and tracheostomy.

Shannon M FernandoDaniel I McIsaacBram RochwergSean M BagshawJohn MuscedereLaveena MunshiNiall D FergusonAndrew J E SeelyDeborah J CookChintan DavePeter TanuseputroKwadwo Kyeremanteng
Published in: Intensive care medicine (2019)
The presence of frailty among patients receiving mechanical ventilation is associated with increased odds of hospital mortality, discharge to long-term care, extubation failure, and need for tracheostomy.
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