With the aging of the world's population, a large proportion of patients seen in
cardiovascular practice are older adults, but many patients also exhibit signs of physical …

Frailty syndrome is prevalent among hospitalized older adults as are the occurrence of
adverse outcomes. This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated whether frailty in …

Background Frail older adults experience higher rates of adverse health outcomes.
Therefore, assessing pre-hospital frailty early in the course of care is essential to identify the …

Background we investigated whether two frailty tools predicted mortality among emergency
department (ED) patients referred to internal medicine and how the level of illness acuity …

Healthcare systems need to adapt to better serve an aging population with complex
presentations. Frailty assessments are a potential means to address this heterogeneity in …

Objectives To perform a comprehensive evidence synthesis to summarize the impact of
frailty on health outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Design Systematic …

Objective To examine the predictive value of intrinsic capacity on one-year incident adverse
outcomes among community-dwelling older adults. Methods A total of 756 community …

Aims While the frailty index (FI) is a continuous variable, an FI score of 0.25 has construct
and predictive validity to categorise community-dwelling older adults as frail or non-frail. Our …

Objectives To survey the difference of frailty prevalence in elderly inpatients amongdifferent
wards; to compare the diagnostic performance of five frailty measurements (Clinical Frailty …

Background Frailty has been increasingly identified as a risk factor of adverse outcomes in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The prevalence and impact of frailty on …