Frailty assessment in elderly people

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9882, 2013, Pages 1985-1986

  Iqbal, Javaid ^a   Denvir, Martin ^b   Gunn, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROSCORE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GRACE SCORE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; MAYO CLINIC SCORE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84878633204     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61203-9     Document Type: Letter

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