Frailty as a predictor of short- and long-term mortality in critically ill older medical patients.

Purpose: Frailty is a common condition among critically ill patients. Usually evaluated in a mixed population of medical, cardiac and surgical patients, we aimed to assess the impact of frailty on short- and long-term mortality exclusively in critically ill older medical patients.

Materials And Methods: We included 285 patients aged≥70 years admitted to ICU (2009-2017).