Decision-Making in COVID-19 and Frailty

Susan Moug; Ben Carter; Phyo Kyaw Myint; Jonathan Hewitt; Kathryn McCarthy; Lyndsay Pearce

doi:10.3390/geriatrics5020030

Decision-Making in COVID-19 and Frailty

Geriatrics (Basel). 2020 May 6;5(2):30. doi: 10.3390/geriatrics5020030.

Authors

Susan Moug^{1

2}, Ben Carter³, Phyo Kyaw Myint⁴, Jonathan Hewitt⁵, Kathryn McCarthy⁶, Lyndsay Pearce⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley PA2 9PN, UK.
² School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
³ Trial Statistician, Kings College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK.
⁴ Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.
⁵ Department of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3XQ, UK.
⁶ Department of Surgery, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Rd, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Ln, Salford M6 8HD, UK.

Abstract

We write in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the important recognition of co-existing frailty [COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults; NICE NG159] [...].

Publication types

Editorial