The Clinical Frailty Scale as a triage tool for ICU admission of dialysis patients with COVID-19: an ERACODA analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several guidelines recommend using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) for triage of critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. This study evaluates the impact of CFS on intensive care unit (ICU) admission rate and hospital and ICU mortality rates in hospitalized dialysis patients with COVID-19.

Methods

We analysed data of dialysis patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database. The primary outcome was ICU admission rate and secondary outcomes were hospital and ICU mortality until 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis. Cox regression analyses were performed to assess associations between CFS and outcomes.

Results

A total of 1501 dialysis patients were hospitalized due to COVID-19, of whom 219 (15%) were adm

SUBMITTER: Bouwmans P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9452166 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature