Frailty and its implication for anaesthesiologists

Hans Flaatten^{1

2}, Michael Beil³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
³ Intensive Care, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Editorial

Hans Flaatten et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;65(6):714-716.

doi: 10.1111/aas.13803. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Hans Flaatten^{1

2}, Michael Beil³

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
² Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
³ Intensive Care, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

No abstract available

Keywords: anaesthesia; emergency medicine; frailty; intensive care; pain medicine.

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