Procedure-specific mortality risk in octogenarians undergoing curative GI cancer resection: A contemporary U.S. analysis. HFRS = Hospital Frailty Risk Score from ICD-10 coding. Estimates are ...

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 laboratory-based Frailty Index showed strong predictive ability for mortality and relapse in patients with carbapenemase-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections. “Unlike traditional ...

Findings could help clinicians reinforce the value of preventing infections with vaccinati ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team examined the relationship between frailty and health-related hope and identified specific frailty domains affecting health-related hope in patients ...

The research on frailty in older people has gained significant attention in recent years due to its profound impact on the health and well-being of an aging population worldwide. Frailty is a complex, ...

Background Lung cancer screening is effective for people at higher risk of the disease, but there is no international consensus on eligibility criteria. Some programmes use risk factors; others use ...

Pioneering research from the University of Leicester and NIHR challenges the 'one-size-fits-all' approach to heart attack care, adding critical nuance to the debate on sex disparities. A ...