Frailty and mortality associations in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ashwin SubramaniamKiran ShekarAfsana AfrozSushma AshwinBaki BillahHamish BrownHarun KundiZheng Jie LimMallikarjuna Ponnapa ReddyJ Randall Curtis

Published in: Internal medicine journal (2022)

This systematic review did not demonstrate an independent association between frailty status and short-term mortality in patients with COVID-19. Patients with frailty were less commonly admitted to ICU and non-frail patients were more likely to receive IMV and had higher mortality risk. This finding may be related to allocation decisions for patients with frailty amidst the pandemic.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
systematic review
end stage renal disease
cardiovascular events
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
sars cov
chronic kidney disease
intensive care unit
coronavirus disease
risk factors
type diabetes
patient reported outcomes
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery disease