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Frailty in the ICU: what are we doing with all this information?

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  1. Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Akshay Shah

  2. Centre for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Owen Gustafson & Elizabeth King

  3. Oxford Allied Health Professions Research and Innovation Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK

    Owen Gustafson & Elizabeth King

  4. Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK

    Claire Swarbrick

  5. Acute General Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK

    Kunal Shah

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Shah, A., Gustafson, O., Swarbrick, C. et al. Frailty in the ICU: what are we doing with all this information?. Intensive Care Med 48, 1258–1259 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06787-x

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