Frailty: Identifying elderly patients at high risk of poor outcomes;La fragilité: Détecter les patients âgés à risque élevé d'issues défavorables

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Linda ^a,b   Heckman, George ^c   Molnar, Frank J ^d,e  

^a Centre for Family Medicine Ontario   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; CLOPIDOGREL; RAMIPRIL; SIMVASTATIN; VITAMIN D;

AGED; BLADDER CAPACITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFUSION; CYSTOSCOPY; DELIRIUM; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FAMILY MEDICINE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GAIT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEMIPARESIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; LOSS OF APPETITE; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNSTEADINESS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; PROCEDURES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84930362359     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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