A study comparing biological aging indicators found that Rockwood Frailty Index was a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than leukocyte telomere length in adults without prior CVD. The ...
EurekAlert!: Study reveals clinical frailty scale as a quick predictor of patient risk after heart failure administration
Study reveals clinical frailty scale as a quick predictor of patient risk after heart failure administration
In this review, we first provide a brief overview of frailty, including biologic mechanisms, measurement, and clinical management. This overview is followed by a discussion of approaches to ...
The American Journal of Managed Care: Is Frailty Index the Most Accurate Predictor of CVD?
Frailty — a clinical syndrome characterized by decreased physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors — has traditionally been associated with geriatric medicine but has profound ...
ascopubs.org: Beyond Chronologic Age: Frailty, Geriatric Assessment, and Personalized Care for Older Adults With Genitourinary Cancer
Phenotypic frailty, or physical frailty, is described by the Fried Phenotype Model. 7 This model evaluates five physical domains including unintentional weight loss, exhaustion, low activity, slow ...
Beyond Chronologic Age: Frailty, Geriatric Assessment, and Personalized Care for Older Adults With Genitourinary Cancer
News Medical: Age-related frailty and the growing health burden: what can be done?
Frailty is a term which describes a loss of function as a human being over a range of physiological parameters, both physical and emotional, along with an increased susceptibility to stressful ...
Can pre-frailty and frailty predict the risk for cardiovascular events like myocardial infarction or stroke? According to new study findings, frailty in older adults is a dynamic state that often ...