Frailty in the face of COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
² Department of Medicine and Aged Care, @AgeMelbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Human Movement Sciences, @AgeAmsterdam, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Kolling Institute, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia.
⁵ Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia.
⁶ University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
⁷ Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University & Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Ruth E Hubbard et al. Age Ageing. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 1;49(4):499-500.

doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa095.

¹ Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
² Department of Medicine and Aged Care, @AgeMelbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Human Movement Sciences, @AgeAmsterdam, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Kolling Institute, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia.
⁵ Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia.
⁶ University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
⁷ Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University & Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; frailty; intensive care; older people.

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