
Critical Care60-day mortalityANZICS
ICU Readmission Raises 60-Day Mortality Substantially Regardless of Frailty, but Frail Patients Carry the Highest Absolute Risk
By MedXY|May 22, 2026
In a binational registry study of 615,719 ICU admissions, ICU readmission was linked to a similar absolute increase in 60-day mortality in frail and nonfrail patients, although frail readmitted patients had the highest overall mortality.