Frailty — a clinical syndrome characterized by decreased physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors — has traditionally been associated with geriatric medicine but has profound ...

"These findings indicate that frailty is a strong independent predictor for adverse in-patient outcomes in hospitalized CML patients . . . Frailty not only poses greater risk for in-hospital death in ...

SGLT2 inhibitors are linked to side effects such as genital infections, dehydration, and dizziness, which may increase the risk for falls in older adults. GLP-1 drugs often cause nausea and weight ...

Study findings demonstrate the pivotal role of patient-reported outcomes in identifying frailty among individuals experiencing acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Brea C. Lipe, MD, highlights considerations for frail patients when treating for MM. Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA: One of the things we’ve talked a lot about is [that] multiple myeloma might be a ...

Older patients who have surgery are not being screened to assess how frail they are in the majority of UK hospitals, a study suggests. Frail people are more likely to stay longer in hospital after an ...

Frailty manifests differently by age among patients who’ve experienced acute MI, a population-based study shows. While it is consistently linked to worse outcomes, people younger than 55 feel the ...

Frailty increases the risk of bleeding by more than 50% in patients with acute MI undergoing PCI, a new study suggests. The researchers say more efforts are needed to use bleeding-reduction strategies ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Frailty was measured via the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe-Frailty Instrument. No correlation ...