Frailty in the ICU: information is the required first step

Jai N Darvall^{1

2}, Rinaldo Bellomo^{3

4

5

6}, Michael Bailey⁵, Paul J Young^{4

5

7

8}, David Pilcher^{5

9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. jai.darvall@mh.org.au.
² Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. jai.darvall@mh.org.au.
³ Department of Intensive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Data Analytics Research & Evaluation Centre, The University of Melbourne and Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁷ Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand.
⁸ Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.
⁹ Department of Intensive Care, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹⁰ Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Comment

Jai N Darvall et al. Intensive Care Med. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;48(9):1260-1261.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06837-4. Epub 2022 Aug 8.

Jai N Darvall^{1

2}, Rinaldo Bellomo^{3

4

5

6}, Michael Bailey⁵, Paul J Young^{4

5

7

8}, David Pilcher^{5

9

10}

¹ Department of Intensive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. jai.darvall@mh.org.au.
² Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. jai.darvall@mh.org.au.
³ Department of Intensive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Department of Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁶ Data Analytics Research & Evaluation Centre, The University of Melbourne and Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁷ Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand.
⁸ Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.
⁹ Department of Intensive Care, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
¹⁰ Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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