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Associations between frailty trajectories and frailty status and adverse outcomes in community‐dwelling older adults

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022
Background The association between frailty and adverse outcomes has been clearly defined. Frailty is associated with age, but different frailty evolution patterns might determine the incidence of adverse outcomes at older ages.
Alejandro Álvarez‐Bustos, Jose Antonio Carnicero‐Carreño, Juan Luis Sanchez‐Sanchez, Francisco Javier Garcia‐Garcia, Cristina Alonso‐Bouzón, Leocadio Rodríguez‐Mañas   +5 more
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Frailty and elderly in urology: Is there an impact on post-operative complications? [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Frailty used as predictive tool is still not carried out in daily practice, although many studies confirm the great clinical importance of the frailty syndrome in surgical outcomes.
Barbieri, Lisa, DAL MORO, Fabrizio, Morlacco, Alessandro, Motterle, Giovanni, Zattoni, Filiberto   +4 more
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Practitioner perceptions of the feasibility of common frailty screening instruments within general practice settings: a mixed methods study

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background Frailty is a highly prevalent clinical syndrome increasing older people’s vulnerability to risk of adverse outcomes. Better frailty identification through expanded screening implementation has been advocated within general practice settings ...
Rachel C. Ambagtsheer, Mavourneen G. Casey, Michael Lawless, Mandy M. Archibald, Solomon Yu, Alison Kitson, Justin J. Beilby   +6 more
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Do frailty and comorbidity indices improve risk prediction of 28-day ED reattendance? Reanalysis of an ED discharge nomogram for older people [PDF]

, 2018
Background: In older people, quantification of risk of reattendance after emergency department (ED) discharge is important to provide adequate post ED discharge care in the community to appropriately targeted patients at risk. Methods: We reanalysed data
A Elixhauser, CDAJ Holman, CR Carpenter, CR Carpenter, G Arendts, G Arendts, G Arendts, G Arendts, G Cousins, H Quan, JL Yao, KT Xu, ME Charlson, P Royston, R Calvani, V Chainani   +15 more
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Feasibility and acceptability of commonly used screening instruments to identify frailty among community-dwelling older people: a mixed methods study

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Frailty exposes older people to an elevated risk of a range of negative outcomes. Emerging evidence that frailty can be effectively treated within community settings has stimulated calls for more proactive screening within primary care ...
Rachel C. Ambagtsheer, Mandy M. Archibald, Michael Lawless, Alison Kitson, Justin Beilby   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiovascular risk profile and frailty in a population-based study of older British men. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Frailty in older age is known to be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, the extent to which frailty is associated with the CVD risk profile has been little studied. Our aim was to examine the associations of a range of
Afilalo, Bastos-Barbosa, Bergmeyer, Bowers, Chang, Chaves, Clegg, Cole, Collard, Fried, Gindler, Hill, Le Couteur, Levey, Levy, Nauck, Peake, Rockwood, Stankov, Szanton, Thomas, Trinder, Walker, Weissman, Wilhelm-Leen, Xue   +25 more
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Identifying characteristics of frailty in female mice using a phenotype assessment tool [PDF]

, 2019
Preclinical studies are important in identifying the underlying mechanisms contributing to frailty. Frailty studies have mainly focused on male rodents with little directed at female rodents.
Baumann, Cory W., Kwak, Dongmin, Thompson, LaDora V.   +2 more
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Optimal setting and care organization in the management of older adults with hip fracture: a narrative review

Geriatric Care, 2015
Hip fracture (HF) is a common event in older adults and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, reduction of quality of life and costs for the healthcare systems.
Andrea Giusti, Antonella Barone, Monica Razzano, Rita Raiteri, Andrea Del Rio, Viviana Bassoli, Ernesto Palummeri, Mauro Oliveri, Alberto Pilotto   +8 more
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Development of Korean Frailty Index for Primary Care (KFI-PC) and Its Criterion Validity [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2020
Background The objective of this study was to develop and validate the Korean Frailty Index for Primary Care (KFI-PC) based on a comprehensive geriatric assessment.
Chang Won Won, Yunhwan Lee, Seoyoon Lee, Miji Kim   +3 more
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Atherosclerosis in frailty: Not frailty in atherosclerosis [PDF]

Atherosclerosis, 2017
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GUARALDI, Giovanni, Raggi, Paolo
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