The report was published Monday in BMC Geriatrics. Researchers wanted to see if the Clinical Frailty Score could predict death in critically ill older adults (over the age of 70) who were admitted to ...

New Orleans— An innovative study by Dr. Hernan Bazan at Ochsner Health and colleagues reveals how frailty assessments can accurately predict outcomes in urgent carotid artery interventions for stroke ...

A study published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that scoring patients for frailty can accurately predict adverse surgical outcomes. Researchers scored ...

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 ...

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 Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) offers a practical alternative: a 9-point, bedside, visually assessed tool that can be completed in minutes. However, key questions remain—how closely this ...

Frailty — a clinical syndrome characterized by decreased physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors — has traditionally been associated with geriatric medicine but has profound ...