Open AccessFrailty as a Prognostic Indicator in Intensive Care
Author(s) -
Christian Jung,
Raphael Romano Bruno,
Bernhard Wernly,
Georg Wolff,
Michael Beil,
Malte Kelm
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0668
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care , medline , intensive care medicine , population , intensive care unit , inter rater reliability , rating scale , political science , law , psychology , developmental psychology , environmental health
The percentage of patients in intensive care who are 80 years old or older is continually increasing. Such patients already made up more than 20% of all patients in intensive care in Germany in the years 2007-2011. Meanwhile, effective treatments that support the organs of the body and keep severely ill patients alive are also being continually developed and refined. Frailty is a key prognostic parameter. The scientifically based assessment of frailty can be highly useful in intensive care medicine with regard to consented decision-making, individualized prognostication, treatment planning, and aftercare.