Frailty Defined by Deficit Accumulation and Geriatric Medicine Defined by Frailty

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-26

  Rockwood, Kenneth ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity; Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Disease presentation; Frailty; Frailty index; Health deficits

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 78549254172     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2010.08.008     Document Type: Review

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