The report was published Monday in BMC Geriatrics. Researchers wanted to see if the Clinical Frailty Score could predict death in critically ill older adults (over the age of 70) who were admitted to ...

New Orleans— An innovative study by Dr. Hernan Bazan at Ochsner Health and colleagues reveals how frailty assessments can accurately predict outcomes in urgent carotid artery interventions for stroke ...

A study of patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation found that exclusively using the population-based Hospital Frailty Risk Score tool to assess for frailty ...

Patients with heart failure who had worse clinical frailty scores at discharge were also at higher risk of death within the next 2 years. Frailty is closely linked to adverse outcomes in older adults, ...

Asan Medical Center has introduced an advanced version of its elderly frailty score, which can now predict more risks associated with hospitalisation. The Acure Geriatric Risk Scale builds on the ...

Frailty is common among older patients undergoing PCI in the United States, and the more severe it is, the greater the likelihood of complications and of dying in the hospital, data from the CathPCI ...

Approximately 12% of patients hospitalized with sepsis had developed new frailty upon hospital discharge. Inpatients with sepsis need targeted strategies to reduce frailty, which is a known risk ...

early-dialysis-av-fistula-graft-surgery Study findings highlight a need to implement early interventions to reduce frailty after hemodialysis initiation. Frail patients on hemodialysis have greater ...

A home-based virtual reality rehabilitation intervention improved frailty scores, a new study shows. Researchers evaluated a virtual reality technology for rehabilitation in 70 prefrail and frail ...