Frailty is an important factor determining a higher risk of adverse health outcomes in older
adults. Although scientific community in the last two decades put a lot of effort for its …

Abstract Background Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is now the accepted gold
standard for caring for frail older people in hospital. However, there is uncertainty about …

Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) has been in use for the last three
decades. However, some doubts remain regarding its clinical use. Therefore, we aimed to …

Frailty, a critical intermediate status of the aging process that is at increased risk for negative
health-related events, includes physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains or …

Aim The aim of this systematic review is to summarise all available data on the effect of a
geriatric evaluation on the multidisciplinary treatment of older cancer patients, focussing on …

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 …

Objective To investigate whether polypharmacy is associated with a higher incidence of
frailty in a large cohort of North Americans during 8 years of follow-up. Design Longitudinal …

Background Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) addresses the bio-psycho-social
needs of older adults through multidimensional assessments and management …

Over the past three decades, considerable effort has been dedicated to quantifying the pace
of ageing yet identifying the most essential metrics of ageing remains challenging due to …

Background Surgical outcomes in geriatric patients may be complicated by factors such as
multiple comorbidities, low functional performance, frailty, reduced homeostatic capacity …