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01-05-2014 | Editorial

Scratching the surface: the burden of frailty in critical care

Authors: Robert C. McDermid, Sean M. Bagshaw

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2014

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In this issue of Intensive Care Medicine, Le Maguet and colleagues explore the geriatric syndrome of frailty in the context of critical illness [1]. The term “frailty” is widely used to describe an age-associated state that is characterized by a multidimensional accumulated decline of physiologic and cognitive reserves, giving rise to increased vulnerability to adverse events [2]. …

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Title: Scratching the surface: the burden of frailty in critical care
Authors: Robert C. McDermid
Sean M. Bagshaw
Publication date: 01-05-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3246-3

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