SAN FRANCISCO — Frailty is hard to define and hard to distinguish from the effects of illness, injury, and medical interventions, but the frailty of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) can have ...
In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), frailty was associated with adverse clinical outcomes. The use of an oral anticoagulant (OAC) prescription was associated with substantial reductions in the ...
A retrospective cohort study found that frailty was prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and that the adverse effects could include end stage kidney disease (ESKD) and mortality. An ...
We calculated an FI for 3,807 veterans age 65 years or older. Among the cohort, 28.7% were classified as nonfrail, 41.3% prefrail, 21.6% mildly frail, 6.6% moderately frail, and 1.7% severely frail.
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