Patients with heart failure who had worse clinical frailty scores at discharge were also at higher risk of death within the next 2 years. Frailty is closely linked to adverse outcomes in older adults, ...

The researchers proposed using the FRAIL Scale modified to include an extra item on time since completion of cancer treatment and a cut-off of 2 or higher to assess frailty in older adult cancer ...

A new study classifies frailty in older people, coming up with two subtypes. The classification may further help clinicians manage frailty and deliver more customized care. The study evaluated the ...

Frailty increased during the first year after the initiation of dialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease. Pre-dialysis frailty was associated with an increased risk for hospitalisation, and ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Pre-frail and frail patients with SSc showed 3.5-fold ...

Researchers conducted focus group discussion and interviews with PLWH aged 60 and older attending HIV health check to assess perceptions of frailty and screening. The five-item FRAIL scale (which ...

An Assessment of the Feasibility and Utility of an ACCC-ASCO Implicit Bias Training Program to Enhance Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials We linked the Ontario subset of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Frailty score was associated with longer duration of mechanical ventilation and aided in identifying patients ...

More severe frailty predicted a higher risk of UTIs. Frailty may increase the risk for urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD), a new study finds.

In human medicine, the ability to measure frailty is a vital aspect of geriatric care. Doctors may recommend one treatment over another based on an elderly person’s frailty score, and nursing homes ...