Prognostication in older ICU patients: mission impossible?

Hans Flaatten, Michael Beil, Bertrand Guidet, Hans Flaatten, Michael Beil, Bertrand Guidet

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Keywords: COVID-19; elderly; frailty; intensive care; pandemic; prognostication; triage.

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