Frailty is a multiply determined, age-related state of increased risk for adverse health
outcomes. We review how the degree of frailty conditions the development of late-life …

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 determine the association between frailty and short-term mortality in older
adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design Retrospective single …

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 …

Background Frailty is known to be associated with poorer outcomes in individuals admitted
to hospital for medical conditions requiring intensive care. However, little evidence is …

Objectives To describe the clinical characteristics, 30-day mortality, and associated factors of
patients living in nursing homes (NH) with COVID-19, from March 20 to June 1, 2020 …

The frailty index (FI) quantifies frailty as deficit accumulation. It has been adapted to employ
laboratory test data (FI-Lab). Our objective was to systematically review and meta-analyse …

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 …

Healthcare costs due to unplanned readmissions are high and negatively affect health and
wellness of patients. Hospital readmission is an undesirable outcome for elderly patients …

Introduction: As new treatments have become established, more frail pre-ICU patients are
being admitted to intensive care units (ICUs); this is creating new challenges to provide …