Prognostic significance of potential frailty criteria

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2211-2216

  Rothman, Marc D ^a   Leo Summers, Linda ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Disability; Frailty; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EXHAUSTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NURSING HOME; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELECONSULTATION; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57149126841     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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