The impact of frailty on survival in elderly intensive care patients with COVID‑19: do not dismiss intensive care unit overcrowding

Romain Jouffroy^{1

2

3

4}, Benoît Vivien⁵

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris and Paris Saclay University, Boulogne Billancourt, France.
² Service d'anesthésie réanimation, SAMU, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
³ Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations - U1018 INSERM - Paris Saclay University, Paris, France.
⁴ Institut de Recherche bioMédicale et d'Epidémiologie du Sport - EA7329, INSEP - Paris University, Paris, France.
⁵ SAMU de Paris, Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôpital Universitaire Necker - Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris University, Paris, France. benoit.vivien@aphp.fr.

Comment

Romain Jouffroy et al. Crit Care. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 30;25(1):225.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03653-y.

Romain Jouffroy^{1

2

3

4}, Benoît Vivien⁵

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris and Paris Saclay University, Boulogne Billancourt, France.
² Service d'anesthésie réanimation, SAMU, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
³ Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations - U1018 INSERM - Paris Saclay University, Paris, France.
⁴ Institut de Recherche bioMédicale et d'Epidémiologie du Sport - EA7329, INSEP - Paris University, Paris, France.
⁵ SAMU de Paris, Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôpital Universitaire Necker - Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris University, Paris, France. benoit.vivien@aphp.fr.

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Conflict of interest statement

RJ and BV have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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