Does determining the degree of frailty help pandemic decision-making when resources are scarce?

Samuel D Searle^{1

2}, Kenneth Rockwood^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
² Medical Research Council Unit of Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK.

Comment

Samuel D Searle et al. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;2(3):e119-e120.

doi: 10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00030-1. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Samuel D Searle^{1

2}, Kenneth Rockwood^{1

2}

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
² Medical Research Council Unit of Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, UK.

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Association between Clinical Frailty Scale score and hospital mortality in adult patients with COVID-19 (COMET): an international, multicentre, retrospective, observational cohort study.
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