The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is the core tool used by geriatricians across
diverse clinical settings to identify vulnerabilities and estimate physiologic reserve in older …

Background Despite known disparities in health status among older sexual and gender
minority adults (OSGM), the prevalence of frailty is unknown. The aim of this study was to …

Frailty is a state of reduced physiologic reserve and increased vulnerability. While there is
no consensus on how frailty should be measured, frailty phenotype and deficit accumulation …

Background In older patients, sarcopenia is a prevalent disease associated with negative
outcomes. Sarcopenia has been investigated in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic …

Older adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) pose challenges to cardiac rehabilitation
(CR) clinicians because their disease is often coupled to physical frailty. Older patients with …

Purpose Study associations between frailty, illness severity and post-discharge survival in
older adults admitted to medical wards with acute clinical conditions. Methods Prospective …

Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) may be associated with less
delirium and allow faster recovery than surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Objective …

Patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement often are frail and elderly.
Delirium is a frequently observed complication, associated with impaired recovery …

Background Pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults. The role
of frailty assessment in older adults with pneumonia is not well defined. Our purpose of the …

Objectives Despite evidence, frailty is not routinely assessed before cardiac surgery. We
compared five brief frailty tests for predicting poor outcomes after aortic valve replacement …