Off-label use of medication may be presented in these guidelines if a sufficient level of
evidence shows that it can be considered medically appropriate to a given condition and if …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE The concept of frailty has become increasingly
recognized as one of the most important issues in health care and health outcomes and is of …

Over the past 100 years, advances in medicine and public health have led to a nearly 2-fold
increase in average lifespan. 1 Approximately 8.5% of the global population is 65 years or …

Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome characterized by decreased reserve and diminished
resistance to stressors. People with frailty are vulnerable to stressors, and exposure to the …

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common complication of the surgical
experience and is common in the elderly and patients with preexisting neurocognitive …

Background A barrier to routine preoperative frailty assessment is the large number of frailty
instruments described. Previous systematic reviews estimate the association of frailty with …

Regardless of how the problem is examined, diverticular disease is a significant burden for
both patients and healthcare systems. In Western and industrialized nations, diverticulosis of …

This paper reports on the consensus conference on the management of intra-abdominal
infections (IAIs) which was held on July 23, 2016, in Dublin, Ireland, as a part of the annual …

Frailty is defined as a reduced physiologic reserve vulnerable to external stressors. For older
individuals, frailty plays a decisive role in increasing adverse health outcomes in most …

Frailty is an age-related, multi-dimensional state of decreased physiologic reserve that
results in diminished resiliency and increased vulnerability to stressors. It has proven to be …