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Is current preoperative frailty assessment adequate? [PDF]

, 2017
Preoperative frailty predicts adverse postoperative outcomes. Recommendations for preoperative assessment of elderly patients include performing a frailty assessment.
Emily MacDonald, Krawczyk, Marian, Jennifer A. Gibson, MacDonald, Emily, Whitlock, Reid, Khadaroo, Rachel G., Rachel G. Khadaroo, Gilgamesh Eamer, Marian Krawczyk, Eamer, Gilgamesh, Gibson, Jennifer A., Chelsia Gillis, Reid Whitlock, Gillis, Chelsea, Amy T. Hsu, Hsu, Amy T.   +15 more
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Frailty and chronic kidney disease: current evidence and continuing uncertainties [PDF]

, 2017
Frailty, the state of increased vulnerability to physical stressors as the result of a progressive and sustained degeneration in multiple physiological systems, is common in those with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Dhaygude, Ajay, Bampouras, Theodoros M, Nixon, Andrew C., Bampouras, Theodoros, Nixon, Andrew C, Alexander Woywodt, Woywodt, Alexander, Andrew C Nixon, Theodoros M Bampouras, Neil Pendleton, Mitra, Sandip, Pendleton, Neil, Sandip Mitra, Ajay Dhaygude   +13 more
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Translation and Validation of the Swedish Version of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator

, 2023
The Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) is a questionnaire with 15 questions designed for screening for frailty in community-dwelling older people. TFI has a multidimensional approach to frailty, including physical, psychological, and social dimensions.
Sandberg, Magnus, Bujacz, Aleksandra, Gobbens, Robbert J J,, Ekdahl, Anne W, Bujacz, Aleksandra,, Mazya, Amelie Lindh, Gobbens, Robbert J J, Anne-Marie Boström, Magnus Sandberg, Robbert J. J. Gobbens, Boström, Anne-Marie, Sandberg, Magnus,, Boström, Anne-Marie,, Aleksandra Bujacz, Kowalski, Leo, Kowalski, Leo,, Amelie Lindh Mazya, Mazya, Amelie Lindh,, Lund University., Leo Kowalski, Ekdahl, Anne W,, Anne W. Ekdahl   +21 more
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Shared Decision-Making and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Valvular Heart Disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Patient-centered health care emphasizes shared decision-making (SDM), incorporating both clinical evidence and patient preferences and values. SDM is important in heart valve disease, both because there might be more than one treatment option and due to ...
Sahrai Saeed, Elisabeth Skaar, Andrea Romarheim, John B. Chambers, Øyvind Bleie   +4 more
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Frailty in Surgical Patients: Is it Relevant to Sexual Medicine?

, 2022
BACKGROUND: As the age of our surgical population continues to rise, there is an increased need for adequate preoperative evaluation and risk stratification to ensure the best possible surgical outcomes for patients.
Bernie, Helen L., Burns, Ramzy T.
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Barriers and facilitators to participation in exercise prehabilitation before cancer surgery for older adults with frailty: a qualitative study

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Older adults with frailty are at an increased risk of adverse outcomes after surgery. Exercise before surgery (exercise prehabilitation) may reduce adverse events and improve recovery after surgery.
Keely Barnes, Emily Hladkowicz, Kristin Dorrance, Gregory L. Bryson, Alan J. Forster, Sylvain Gagné, Allen Huang, Manoj M. Lalu, Luke T. Lavallée, Chelsey Saunders, Hussein Moloo, Julie Nantel, Barbara Power, Celena Scheede-Bergdahl, Monica Taljaard, Carl van Walraven, Colin J. L. McCartney, Daniel I. McIsaac   +17 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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Frailty recommendations and guidelines:an evaluation of the implementability and a critical appraisal of clinical applicability by the ISPRM Frailty Focus Group [PDF]

INTRODUCTION: Aging is associated with an increased burden of multi-morbidity and disease related functional loss and disability, widely impacting patients and health care systems.
null, null, Oh-Park, Mooyeon, Han, Der-Sheng, Frontera, Walter, Antoniadou, Eleftheria, Giusti, Emanuele, Capodaglio, Paolo, Gimigliano, Francesca, Guzman, Juan M.   +8 more
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Practical Considerations in the Management of Frail Older People with Diabetes

Diseases
With increasing life expectancy, the number of older people living with comorbid diabetes and frailty is increasing. The development of frailty accelerates diabetes-related adverse outcomes.
Dima Abdelhafiz, Ahmed Abdelhafiz
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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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