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 ...
A study comparing biological aging indicators found that Rockwood Frailty Index was a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than leukocyte telomere length in adults without prior CVD. The ...
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.
Association of comorbidity and polypharmacy with skeletal muscle measures in older adults with cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...
Multiple tools have been developed to help identify and stratify older patients with myeloma. The International Myeloma Working Group proposed a frailty index on the basis of chronological age plus ...
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 ...
In this review, we first provide a brief overview of frailty, including biologic mechanisms, measurement, and clinical management. This overview is followed by a discussion of approaches to ...