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01-07-2020 | Triage | Correspondence

Frailty assessment in very old intensive care patients: the Hospital Frailty Risk Score answers another question

Authors: Oliver C. Redfern, Mirae Harford, Stephen Gerry, David Prytherch, Peter J. Watkinson

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Title: Frailty assessment in very old intensive care patients: the Hospital Frailty Risk Score answers another question
Authors: Oliver C. Redfern
Mirae Harford
Stephen Gerry
David Prytherch
Peter J. Watkinson
Publication date: 01-07-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Triage
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 7/2020
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06107-1