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Scientific Reports, 2022 Pre-operative delirium may cause delay in surgical intervention in older patients hospitalized for hip fracture. Also it has been associated with higher risk of post-surgical complications and worst functional outcomes.
Clarissa Musacchio +10 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2007 Abstract The term “frailty” is used loosely to describe a range of conditions in older people, including general debility and cognitive impairment. There is no clear consensus on the definition of frailty; however, it is proposed that frailty comprises a collection of biomedical factors which influences an individual's physiological ...
Frank, Lally, Peter, Crome
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Role of sarcopenia in the frailty transitions in older adults: a population‐based cohort study
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022 Background Frailty and sarcopenia are age‐associated syndromes that have been associated with the risk of several adverse events, mainly functional decline and death, that usually coexist.
Alejandro Álvarez‐Bustos +6 more
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Health Research Policy and Systems, 2023 Background Transdisciplinary research and knowledge translation are increasingly regarded as key concepts underpinning applied research across the health and social sciences, due to their presumed potential in addressing complex, “wicked” problems and ...
Mandy M. Archibald +3 more
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Association between cognitive impairment and criteria for frailty syndrome among older adults [PDF]
, 2020 OBJECTIVE: The association between cognitive impairment and physical frailty has been studied in older adults. The criteria degree of frailty may be keys to associated cognitive impairment.
Brigola, Allan Gustavo +5 more
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Immunity & Ageing, 2019 Background Ageing is associated with a decline in immune function termed immunosenescence. This process is characterized amongst others by less naive T-cells and more senescent phenotypes, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of many age ...
Hung Cao Dinh +11 more
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Can Leucine Supplementation Improve Frailty Index Scores?
Geriatrics, 2023 Sarcopenia and frailty are important conditions that become increasingly prevalent with age. There is partial overlap between the two conditions, especially in terms of the physical aspects of the frailty phenotype: low grip strength, gait speed, and ...
Cristina Buigues +5 more
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Diseases, 2022 Nickel is associated with cancer in occupational exposure. However, few studies have been devoted to analyzing the effects of nickel at environmental concentrations in cancer patients.
Antoni Alegre-Martínez +3 more
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Sex Differences in the Association Between Frailty and Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis. [PDF]
, 2019 ObjectivesFrailty is prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is hypothesized to result in part from sarcopenia, but the precise contribution of sarcopenia to frailty in this population is poorly understood.MethodsIncluded were patients with cirrhosis ...
Bhanji +17 more
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Journal of Aging Studies, 2022 Taking as a point of departure the role that the category of frailty increasingly plays in the classification, sorting and management of ageing populations in contemporary societies, this paper focuses on the crafting and validation of mouse models of frailty.
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