An electronic frailty index, derived from electronic health record (EHR) data including diagnostic codes, identified patients who had a higher risk for mortality, acute care visits, and readmissions.

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science), on October 24, 2024, Volume 16, Issue 20, titled, "Development and ...

(HealthDay News) — Frailty index is an independent predictor of in-hospital complications and adverse discharge disposition among geriatric trauma patients, according to a study published online June ...

Adding frailty assessment to conventional risk scores improves the ability to predict 1-year mortality after TAVR, with the odds of death increasing alongside worsening degrees of frailty, according ...

A new study explores the relationship between frailty, the proportion of health deficits present in an individual, as measured by the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Frailty Index ...

The laboratory-based Frailty Index showed strong predictive ability for mortality and relapse in patients with carbapenemase-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections. “Unlike traditional ...

Circulating levels of the pro-inflammatory monomeric isoform of C-reactive protein (mCRP) correlate with inflammatory markers in patients with stage II-III colon cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency healthcare needs, rehospitalization or death. The tool measured patient ...

Exposure to economic precarity including renting in later life, food insecurity, fuel poverty, homelessness and poor housing ...

Younger adults who experience frailty face a higher risk of death and emergency hospital admission, according to new University of Dundee research published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity. The study, ...