… Levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) decline with advancing age, and there is some
… the pathogenesis of frailty.103, 104 In the WHAS I study, low IGF-1 and high IL-6 levels were …

… Several studies have demonstrated that stratification of older patients based on the level
of frailty and functional status could greatly improve and predict short and long-term …

… The concept of the inpatient unit for frail older people has developed to include stroke
and … to assess the prevalence of frailty among hospitalized older patients, and attempts to …

… However, given the hectic circumstances around an acute admission in very old patients,
there will never be time for more detailed screening like grip strength and walking speed, both …

… of frailty in this study were 8.5% for women and 4.1% for men. Studies examining older
patients undergoing elective cardiac and non-cardiac surgery quote prevalence rates of frailty at …

… that patients with higher serum levels of TFN, TP, and ALB were less likely to develop into
frailty. Although the association between serum levels of PA, RBP, Hb, and frailty was not …

… Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome that leads to an increase of an age-related disorder
… of frailty among older persons in Belgium and we examined the factors associated with frailty …

… We hypothesized that frailty predicts operative risk in older surgical patients, and the
addition of frailty to other risk models will enhance our ability to identify patients at risk for …

… to the definition of frailty, focusing on the conceptualization of frailty as the failure of a … and
mortality in older patient groups, may be a manifestation of increasing frailty and argue that …

… The term “older patients” in this study refers to patients aged 65 years or older. The mention
… as a 50% increase in serum creatinine levels from baseline levels. Pulmonary embolism was …