Frailty and long-term survival among patients in Australian intensive care units with metastatic cancer (FRAIL-CANCER study): a retrospective registry-based cohort study
Alamgeer M, Ling R, Ueno R, Sundararajan K, Sundar R, Pilcher D, Subramaniam A. Frailty and long-term survival among patients in Australian intensive care units with metastatic cancer (FRAIL-CANCER study): a retrospective registry-based cohort study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2023, 4: e675-e684. PMID: 38042160, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-7568(23)00209-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitRegistry-based cohort studyLong-term survivalAustralian intensive care unitsRetrospective registry-based cohort studyMetastatic cancerAssociated with shorter survival timeEffect of frailtyClinical Frailty ScaleShorter survival timeSurvival timeCohort studyAssociated with poor long-term survivalCare unitPoor long-term survivalIntensive care unit admissionTime-limited trialsCandidacy of patientsCox proportional hazards regression modelsRobust sandwich variance estimatorProportion of patientsProportional hazards regression modelsHazards regression modelsImpact of frailtyOverall survival