Frailty and its quantitative clinical evaluation

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-340

  Moorhouse, P ^a   Rockwood, K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Frailty; Frailty index; Geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FRAILTY SCALE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FATIGUE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; FRIED FRAILTY PHENOTYPE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84875734789     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2012.412     Document Type: Article

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