Frailty Assessment in the Emergency Department for Risk Stratification of COVID-19 Patients Aged ≥80 Years

To evaluate, in a cohort of adults aged ≥80 years, the overlapping effect of clinical severity, comorbidities, cognitive impairment, and frailty, for the in-hospital death risk stratification of COVID-19 older patients since emergency department (ED) admission.Single-center prospective observational cohort study.The study was conducted in the ED of a teaching hospital that is a referral center for COVID-19 in central Italy. We enrolled all...