Frailty assessment in the geriatric outpatient clinic

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-83

  Kim, Hidong ^a   Higgins, Patricia A ^b,c   Canaday, David H ^a,c   Burant, Chris J ^b,c   Hornick, Thomas R ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical medicine; Frailty; Function; Geriatric medicine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FRAILTY; FRIED INDEX; GERIATRIC CARE; GILL INDEX; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINNESOTA LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY DEVELOPMENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; FRAILTY; FUNCTION; GERIATRIC MEDICINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892371599     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12057     Document Type: Article

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