The frailty syndrome

Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-15

  Wou, Franklin ^a   Conroy, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comprehensive geriatric assessment; frail older people; frailty; frailty assessment; frailty syndrome; frailty rating scale; older people

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; EXHAUSTION; FALLING; FRAILTY SYNDROME; GAIT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84871591108     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: 13654357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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