Is frailty associated with increased risk of adverse events, morbidity, and mortality in critically ill adults aged 50 and older?
Frailty is common among critically ill older adults and serves as a prognostic marker for increased morbidity and mortality.
Frailty was common among critically ill adults aged 50 and older and identified a population at increased risk of adverse events, morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis of frailty could improve prognostication and identify a vulnerable population that might benefit from follow-up and intervention.
Bagshaw et al. (2013) studied this question.