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Frailty Network in an Acute Care Setting: The New Perspective for Frail Older People

Diagnostics, 2022
The incidence of elderly patients who come to the emergency room is progressively increasing. The specialization of the physician units might not be adequate for the evaluation of this complexity.
Sara Salini, Silvia Giovannini, Marcello Covino, Christian Barillaro, Nicola Acampora, Ester Manes Gravina, Claudia Loreti, Francesco Paolo Damiano, Francesco Franceschi, Andrea Russo   +9 more
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What do Brazilian health professionals know about the frailty syndrome? A cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background The growing care demand for frail older adults and those at risk of frailty in primary health care (PHC) requires professionals trained in the subject to promote adequate care.
Wesley dos Reis Mesquita, Natalia Aquaroni Ricci   +1 more
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Adherence to the therapeutic guidelines recommendations among the people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity, frailty, or recent diagnosis, attended in primary health care centers in Spain: A cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
IntroductionClinical practice guidelines are helpful for clinicians, and their proper implementation could improve the quality of care and management of participants with diabetes.
Bogdan Vlacho, Bogdan Vlacho, Bogdan Vlacho, Manel Mata-Cases, Manel Mata-Cases, Manel Mata-Cases, Berta Fernandez-Camins, Berta Fernandez-Camins, Laura Romera Liébana, Laura Romera Liébana, Joan Barrot-de la Puente, Joan Barrot-de la Puente, Josep Franch-Nadal, Josep Franch-Nadal, Josep Franch-Nadal   +14 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]

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 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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Time to early initiation of postnatal care service utilization and its predictors among women who gave births in the last 2 years in Ethiopia: a shared frailty model

Archives of Public Health, 2021
Background Most maternal and infant deaths occurred within the first month after birth. Nearly half of the maternal deaths and more than a million newborn deaths occurred within the first day of life but these were preventable through early initiation of
Ayal Debie, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema
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Physical frailty prediction model for the oldest old

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2018
Objective: to present a physical frailty prediction model for oldest old users of primary health care, according to clinical variables. Method: cross-sectional study with proportional stratified sample of 243 oldest old subjects.
Jacy Aurelia Vieira de Sousa, Maria Helena Lenardt, Clóris Regina Blanski Grden, Luciana Kusomota, Mara Solange Gomes Dellaroza, Susanne Elero Betiolli   +5 more
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Challenges to timely identify and treat anorexia in aging in the context of the Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Program [PDF]

JAR Life
Frailty and sarcopenia represent harm to good longevity and are often related to inadequate dietary intake and to a decrease in appetite over the years, which are characteristics of a complex process also known as anorexia in aging.
Kelly Virecoulon Giudici
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Validation of the clinical frailty score (CFS) in French language

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Very old critical ill patients are a rapid expanding group. To better understand the magnitude of the challenges involved in intensive care practice for an ageing population and discuss a rational allocation of resources, healthcare ...
Paul Abraham, Delphine S. Courvoisier, Cedric Annweiler, Cliff Lenoir, Thomas Millien, Francoise Dalmaz, Hans Flaatten, Rui Moreno, Steffen Christensen, Dylan W. de Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Karim Bendjelid, Bernhard Walder, Bernardo Bollen Pinto   +13 more
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Description of frail older people profiles according to four screening tools applied in primary care settings: a cross sectional analysis

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Regarding the health care of older populations, WHO recommends shifting from disease-driven attention models towards a personalized, integrated and continuous care aimed to the maintenance and enhancement of functional capacities.
Itziar Vergara, Maider Mateo-Abad, María Carmen Saucedo-Figueredo, Mónica Machón, Alonso Montiel-Luque, Kalliopi Vrotsou, María Antonia Nava del Val, Ana Díez-Ruiz, Carolina Güell, Ander Matheu, Antonio Bueno, Jazmina Núñez, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz   +12 more
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The effect of perioperative multimodal rehabilitation on the frailty state of older people patients with frailty gastrointestinal surgery: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background Intervention plans for frail older people patients with gastrointestinal tumors often involve three aspects: nutritional support, exercise, and psychological care.
Ya-Ling Yan, Tao-Qin Yao, Chun-Hong Gu, Xue-Lian Wang, Yi Xin, Ying-Jun Quan, Yi Luo   +6 more
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