Caregiver integration during discharge planning for older adults to reduce resource use: a metaanalysis

J Rodakowski, PB Rocco, M Ortiz, B Folb… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To determine the effect of integrating informal caregivers into discharge planning
on postdischarge cost and resource use in older adults. Design A systematic review and …

[HTML][HTML] Severe trauma in the geriatric population

JA Llompart-Pou, J Pérez-Bárcena… - World journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Geriatric trauma constitutes an increasingly recognized problem. Aging results in a
progressive decline in cellular function which leads to a loose of their capacity to respond to …

Canadian study of health and aging clinical frailty scale: does it predict adverse outcomes among geriatric trauma patients?

A Cheung, B Haas, TJ Ringer, A McFarlan… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and the
laboratory Frailty Index (FI-lab) are validated tools based on clinical and laboratory data …

Association of radiologic indicators of frailty with 1-year mortality in older trauma patients: opportunistic screening for sarcopenia and osteopenia

SJ Kaplan, TN Pham, S Arbabi, JA Gross… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Assessment of physical frailty in older trauma patients admitted to the intensive
care unit is often not feasible using traditional frailty assessment instruments. The use of …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review of frailty and acute care in middle-aged and older individuals with recommendations for future research

DB Hogan, CJ Maxwell, J Afilalo, RC Arora… - Canadian Geriatrics …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is general agreement that frailty is a state of heightened vulnerability to stressors
arising from impairments in multiple systems leading to declines in homeostatic reserve and …

Redefining the association between old age and poor outcomes after trauma: the impact of frailty syndrome

B Joseph, TO Jokar, A Hassan, A Azim… - Journal of trauma and …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Frailty syndrome (FS) is a well-established predictor of outcomes in geriatric
patients. The aim of this study was to quantify the prevalence of FS in geriatric trauma …

Prediction of mortality and postoperative complications using the hip-multidimensional frailty score in elderly patients with hip fracture

JY Choi, KJ Cho, S Kim, SJ Yoon, M Kang, K Kim… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
High mortality and dependent living after hip fracture pose a significant public health
concern. Retrospective study was conducted with 481 hip fracture patients (≥ 65 years of …

How does frailty factor into mortality risk assessment of a middle-aged and geriatric trauma population?

SR Konda, A Lott, H Saleh, S Schubl… - Geriatric …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Frailty in elderly trauma populations has been correlated with an increased risk
of morbidity and mortality. The Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged …

The mobility and impact of frailty in the intensive care unit

B Joseph, FS Jehan - Surgical Clinics, 2017 - surgical.theclinics.com
In the United States, the geriatric population has significantly increased by 21% since 1980.
1 This is because of aging Baby Boomers and increased life expectancy rooted in advances …

[图书][B] Frailty

JD Walston - 2017 - Springer
Frailty is an increasingly common condition of late life vulnerability that puts older adults at
high risk for adverse health outcomes and early mortality. There are two major …