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The ethics of ‘frailty’ [PDF]

Nursing Ethics, 2019
Gallagher, Ann, Cox, Anna
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Frailty syndrome: an overview

, 2014
Xujiao Chen,1 Genxiang Mao,1 Sean X Leng2 1Department of Geriatrics, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China; 2Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ...
Leng SX, Mao GX, Chen XJ
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THE IMPACT OF AGE AND FRAILTY ON CARDIAC FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE CONDITIONS IN NATURALLY AGEING MICE

, 2018
Frail people with cardiovascular disease experience worse outcomes and higher mortality than non-frail patients, but the links between frailty and myocardial function are unclear. Frailty was quantified as deficit accumulation in adult (≈8 mos) and aged (
Feridooni, Hirad
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Frailty-aware surgical care: Validation of Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) in older surgical patients

Introduction: Frailty has an important impact on the health outcomes of older patients, and frailty screening is recommended as part of perioperative evaluation.
Simon Conroy, Xiaoting Huang, Barbara Helen Rosario, Kah Meng Kwok, Kangqi Ng, Li Fang Yeo, Michelle Bee Hua Tan, Sarah Kher Ru Sim, Lydia Euphemia Sim, Christine Shi Min Chau, Ting Yu Chang, Samuel Cheng En Ee, Aileen Lim, Wei Shyan Siow   +13 more
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Effects of a Modified Hospital Elder Life Program on Frailty in Individuals Undergoing Major Elective Abdominal Surgery

, 2017
ObjectivesTo test the effects of a modified Hospital Elder Life Program (mHELP) on frailty. DesignMatched and unmatched analyses of data from a before-and-after study. SettingHospital, inpatient.
陳佳慧;賴逸儒;陳炯年, Chen, Cheryl Chia-Hui;Chen, Chiung-Nien;Lai, I-Rue;Huang, Guan-Hua;Saczynski, Jane S.;Inouye, Sharon K.   +1 more
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Feasibility of using information derived from a care partner to develop a frailty index based on comprehensive geriatric assessment

, 2013
Background: Frailty is a state of increasing vulnerability that places an individual at high risk for adverse health outcomes. The best approach for frailty measurement in clinical practice has not been resolved.
R.E. HUBBARD, M.K. ANDREW, P. MOORHOUSE, J. GOLDSTEIN   +3 more
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THE ASSESSMENT OF FRAILTY IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS: A FEASIBILITY AND VALIDATION STUDY

, 2013
The assessment of frailty is challenging in the presence of diverging views on its clinical measurement. Frailty is a state of vulnerability, multidimensional, and dynamic.
Goldstein, Judah
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Blood pressure variability and frailty in end-stage kidney disease [PDF]

Tom Mercer - ORCID: 0000-0002-5078-4769 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-4769Marietta van der Linden - ORCID: 0000-0003-2256-6673 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2256-6673Background High blood pressure variability (BPV) is a predictor of cardiovascular ...
Mercer, Tom, van der Linden, Marietta, Zanotto, Tobia, Koufaki, Pelagia   +3 more
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Frailty and nutrition

British Journal of Community Nursing
As the ageing population grows and forms a significant category of over 65s in many societies, along with it comes the risk of developing physical and psychological degenerative changes. This presents many challenges for health and social care services in not only identifying those at risk but also managing that risk to try to preserve health and ...
Wilson, Neil, Mullaney, William
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Comparison of gait analysis before and after unilateral total knee arthroplasty for knee osteoarthritis

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Background Gait ability can be objectively assessed using gait analysis. Three-dimensional gait analysis, the most commonly used analytical method, has limitations, such as a prolonged examination, high system costs, and inconsistently reported gait ...
Jun Fukui, Yasumoto Matsui, Takafumi Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Marie Takemura, Shinya Ishizuka, Shiro Imagama, Hidenori Arai   +7 more
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