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Interplay of multimorbidity and polypharmacy on a community dwelling frail elderly cohort in the peri-urban slums of Delhi, India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
The United Nations Population Fund suggests that the number of elderly persons is expected to grow to 173 million by 2026. The aging phase is further made adverse by conditions such as failty, multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
Meely Panda, Rambha Pathak, Farzana Islam, Rashmi Agarwalla, Vishal Singh, Farishta Singh   +5 more
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Routine frailty assessment predicts postoperative complications in elderly patients across surgical disciplines – a retrospective observational study [PDF]

BMC Anesthesiology, 2019
Background Frailty is a frequent and underdiagnosed functional syndrome involving reduced physiological reserves and an increased vulnerability against stressors, with severe individual and socioeconomic consequences.
Oliver Birkelbach, Rudolf Mörgeli, Claudia Spies, Maria Olbert, Björn Weiss, Maximilian Brauner, Bruno Neuner, Roland C. E. Francis, Sascha Treskatsch, Felix Balzer   +9 more
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Health promotion of frail elderly individuals and at risk of frailty [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2019
Objective: To identify interventions for the health promotion of frail elderly individuals and those at risk of frailty. Method: Integrative review of the literature performed in the following databases: LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Web of Science, COCHRANE
Cynthia Roberta Dias Torres Silva, Khelyane Mesquita de Carvalho, Maria do Livramento Fortes Figueiredo, Fernando Lopes Silva-Júnior, Elaine Maria Leite Rangel Andrade, Lydia Tolstenko Nogueira   +5 more
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The 2023 WSES guidelines on the management of trauma in elderly and frail patients [PDF]

World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Background The trauma mortality rate is higher in the elderly compared with younger patients. Ageing is associated with physiological changes in multiple systems and correlated with frailty.
Belinda De Simone, Elie Chouillard, Mauro Podda, Νικόλαος Παραράς, Gustavo de Carvalho Duarte, Paola Fugazzola, Arianna Birindelli, Federico Coccolini, Andrea Polistena, Maria Grazia Sibilla, Vitor Kruger, Gustavo Pereira Fraga, Giulia Montori, Emanuele Russo, Tadeja Pintar, Luca Ansaloni, Nicola Avenia, Salomone Di Saverio, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrea Lauretta, Massimo Sartelli, Alessandro Puzziello, Paolo Carcoforo, Vanni Agnoletti, Luca Bissoni, Arda Isik, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Oreste Romeo, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Solomon Gurmu Beka, Dieter G. Weber, Edward C. T. H. Tan, Ciro Paolillo, Yunfeng Cui, Fernando Kim, Edoardo Picetti, Isidoro Di Carlo, Adriana Toro, Gabriele Sganga, Federica Sganga, Mario Testini, Giovanna Di Meo, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Ingo Marzi, Nicola déAngelis, Michael Denis Kelly, Imtiaz Wani, Boris Sakakushev, Miklosh Bala, Luigi Bonavina, Joseph M. Galante, Vishal G. Shelat, Lorenzo Cobianchi, Francesca Dal Mas, Manos Pikoulis, Dimitrios Damaskos, Raúl Coimbra, Jugdeep Dhesi, Melissa Red Hoffman, Philip F. Stahel, Ronald V. Maier, Andrey Litvin, Rifat Latifi, Walter L. Biffl, Fausto Catena   +65 more
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Effects of lower limb resistance exercise on muscle strength, physical fitness, and metabolism in pre-frail elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Few studies examined interventions in frail elderly in China, while the awareness of applying interventions to prevent frailty in pre-frail elderly is still lacking.
X. Lai, Lin Bo, Hongwei Zhu, Baoyu Chen, Zhao-pei Wu, Hongdi Du, Xiaopeng Huo   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nonoperative management of hip fractures in very frail elderly patients may lead to a predictable short survival as part of advance care planning

Acta Orthopaedica, 2021
Background and purpose — Surgical treatment is still the mainstay of care even in very frail elderly hip fracture patients. However, one may argue whether surgery is in the best interest of all patients.
H. Wijnen, P. Schmitz, Houda Es-Safraouy, L. Roovers, D. Taekema, J. V. Van Susante   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Management of Hypertension in the Elderly and Frail Patient

Drugs & Aging, 2022
Hypertension is a frequent finding in elderly patients. Hypertension in older age can be both associated with frailty and represent a risk factor for frailty.
L. Guasti, M. Ambrosetti, M. Ferrari, F. Marino, M. Ferrini, I. Sudano, M. Tanda, I. Parrini, R. Asteggiano, M. Cosentino   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vitamin D Supplementation Associated to Better Survival in Hospitalized Frail Elderly COVID-19 Patients: The GERIA-COVID Quasi-Experimental Study

Nutrients, 2020
Background. The objective of this quasi-experimental study was to determine whether bolus vitamin D supplementation taken either regularly over the preceding year or after the diagnosis of COVID-19 was effective in improving survival among hospitalized ...
Gaëlle Annweiler, Mathieu Corvaisier, J. Gautier, V. Dubée, E. Legrand, G. Sacco, C. Annweiler   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Urinary Incontinence in Frail Elderly Females

Journal of Aging Research, 2020
Background/Purpose. Urinary incontinence (UI) is an important geriatric health problem, and it is linked to frailty syndrome. We had conducted a study to detect the prevalence and risk factors of UI and its effect on quality of life (QOL) among frail ...
Walaa W Aly, H. Sweed, N. A. Mossad, Mohammad F. Tolba   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cognitive Impairment in Frail Hypertensive Elderly Patients: Role of Hyperglycemia

Cells, 2021
Endothelial dysfunction is a key hallmark of hypertension, which is a leading risk factor for cognitive decline in older adults with or without frailty.
P. Mone, J. Gambardella, A. Pansini, Antonio de Donato, Giuseppe Martinelli, Eugenio Boccalone, A. Matarese, Salvatore Frullone, G. Santulli   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source