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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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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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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, Olga Theou, Rosa Fonfría-Vivas, Francisco M. Martínez-Arnau, Kenneth Rockwood, Omar Cauli   +5 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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Highlights of the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) Highly Qualified Personnel Poster Session

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2019
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John Muscedere, Amber Hastings Truelove, Denise Stockley, Jennifer Fowler, Carol Barrie   +4 more
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Plasma Nickel Levels Correlate with Low Muscular Strength and Renal Function Parameters in Patients with Prostate Cancer

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, María Isabel Martínez-Martínez, José Rubio-Briones, Omar Cauli   +3 more
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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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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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Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) National Conference Abstracts

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2017
One of the components of the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) Interdisciplinary Training Program is for HQPs to disseminate their work through publication and meetings.
John Muscedere, Sarah Grace Bebenek, Denise Stockley, Laura Kinderman, Carol Barrie   +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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