 Frail Elderly
"Frail Elderly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible to disease or to other infirmity.
| Descriptor ID |
D016330
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.116.100.540
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| Concept/Terms |
Frail Elderly- Frail Elderly
- Elderly, Frail
- Frail Elders
- Elder, Frail
- Elders, Frail
- Frail Elder
Frail Older Adults- Frail Older Adults
- Adult, Frail Older
- Adults, Frail Older
- Frail Older Adult
- Older Adult, Frail
- Older Adults, Frail
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Profiles.
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Kessler ER. Management of Metastatic Prostate Cancer in Frail/Elderly Patients. Oncology (Williston Park). 2018 11 15; 32(11):570-3.
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Flint K. Frailty in TOPCAT: a deep dive into the deficit index approach for defining frailty. Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 11; 20(11):1578-1579.
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Walston J, Robinson TN, Zieman S, McFarland F, Carpenter CR, Althoff KN, Andrew MK, Blaum CS, Brown PJ, Buta B, Ely EW, Ferrucci L, High KP, Kritchevsky SB, Rockwood K, Schmader KE, Sierra F, Sink KM, Varadhan R, Hurria A. Integrating Frailty Research into the Medical Specialties-Report from a U13 Conference. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Oct; 65(10):2134-2139.
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Erlandson KM, Wu K, Koletar SL, Kalayjian RC, Ellis RJ, Taiwo B, Palella FJ, Tassiopoulos K. Association Between Frailty and Components of the Frailty Phenotype With Modifiable Risk Factors and Antiretroviral Therapy. J Infect Dis. 2017 03 15; 215(6):933-937.
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Bandle B, Ward K, Min SJ, Drake C, McIlvennan CK, Kao D, Wald HL. Can Braden Score Predict Outcomes for Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Jun; 65(6):1328-1332.
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Gustavson AM, Falvey JR, Jankowski CM, Stevens-Lapsley JE. Public Health Impact of Frailty: Role of Physical Therapists. J Frailty Aging. 2017; 6(1):2-5.
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Piggott DA, Erlandson KM, Yarasheski KE. Frailty in HIV: Epidemiology, Biology, Measurement, Interventions, and Research Needs. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2016 12; 13(6):340-348.
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Alfredsson J, Stebbins A, Brennan JM, Matsouaka R, Afilalo J, Peterson ED, Vemulapalli S, Rumsfeld JS, Shahian D, Mack MJ, Alexander KP. Gait Speed Predicts 30-Day Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. Circulation. 2016 Apr 05; 133(14):1351-9.
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Beben T, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Sarnak MJ, Fried LF, Hoofnagle AN, Chonchol M, Kestenbaum BR, de Boer IH, Rifkin DE. Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and Frailty in Elderly Community-Dwelling Individuals: The Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Feb; 64(2):270-6.
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Green AR, Leff B, Wang Y, Spatz ES, Masoudi FA, Peterson PN, Daugherty SL, Matlock DD. Geriatric Conditions in Patients Undergoing Defibrillator Implantation for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Prevalence and Impact on Mortality. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016 Jan; 9(1):23-30.
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