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Frailty A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assessment, Management, and Prevention
This book offers a thorough examination of frailty, covering its complexity through sections on foundational concepts, pathogenesis research,...
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Frailty
The proportion of older people is continuously growing worldwide. This demographic phenomenon threatens the sustainability of our healthcare systems....
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Frailty and Cancer
Frailty is common in cancer patients, regardless of age. The authors explore the biological mechanisms which include cancer-specific factors, factors...
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Biomarkers of Frailty
Several biomarkers have been proposed to identify the multisystemic age-related syndrome, frailty. However, due to its complex pathophysiology and...
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Frailty and Sarcopenia
Ageing, frailty, sarcopenia, falls, and fragility fractures are strongly linked and are predictors of reduction in physical function,...
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Complications of Frailty
Regardless of the operational definition used, complications when facing common stressors are the main feature of frailty. A variety of these...
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Clinical Frailty Scale
The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a simple, judgment-based tool to assess frailty in a clinical setting. It is a 9-point scale, in which a higher...
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Preclinical Models of Frailty
Frailty refers to the variability in deleterious health outcomes that occur in people of the same age. The two most widely used clinical instruments...
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Frailty and Cardiovascular Disease
The population is aging, and the biology of aging is conducive to both the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) as well as frailty, such that...
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The Frailty Phenotype
The frailty phenotype framework, developed by Dr. Linda Fried and her team, marks a pivotal development in grasping the essence of frailty within the...
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Sex Differences and Frailty
Whether sex influences susceptibility to health deficits is well studied. The presence of sex differences in frailty is largely influenced by the...
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Frailty in Home Care
Home care refers to a range of services provided to older adults in their own homes to help them maintain independence, manage chronic conditions,...
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Frailty
The proportion of older people is continuously growing worldwide. This demographic phenomenon threatens the sustainability of our healthcare systems....
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The Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI)
The Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) is a questionnaire for assessing frailty. It was developed on the basis of an integral conceptual model of...
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Frailty in Acute Care Settings
Frailty in acute care settings is common and associated with poor outcomes. Older adults with frailty often present with geriatric syndromes as a...
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Integrated Care for Frailty
Integrated care for frailty improves quality of life and may reduce adverse outcomes, though more high-quality research is required. This chapter...
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Oral Health and Frailty
The mouth is a vital aspect of daily life, contributing to survival through eating and fostering social interaction via communication. Despite its...
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Integration: A Unified Frailty Framework
Frailty is today a widely recognized condition across many disciplines and specialties. However, much debate remains over how to measure frailty in...
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Social Determinants of Physical Frailty
Social determinants of health encompass complex societal factors that can greatly impact individuals’ health and well-being across the lifespan....
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Technology-Based Assessments of Frailty
Technology has become an integral part of healthcare and will be increasingly so over time. Technology could be a vehicle for expanding and scaling...