 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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| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 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 | 2 | 4 | | 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Profiles.
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Carter B, Collins JT, Barlow-Pay F, Rickard F, Bruce E, Verduri A, Quinn TJ, Mitchell E, Price A, Vilches-Moraga A, Stechman MJ, Short R, Einarsson A, Braude P, Moug S, Myint PK, Hewitt J, Pearce L, McCarthy K. Nosocomial COVID-19 infection: examining the risk of mortality. The COPE-Nosocomial Study (COVID in Older PEople). J Hosp Infect. 2020 Oct; 106(2):376-384.
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Solis J, Franco-Paredes C, Henao-Martínez AF, Krsak M, Zimmer SM. Structural Vulnerability in the U.S. Revealed in Three Waves of COVID-19. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 07; 103(1):25-27.
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Carter B, Law J, Hewitt J, Parmar KL, Boyle JM, Casey P, Maitra I, Pearce L, Moug SJ. Association between preadmission frailty and care level at discharge in older adults undergoing emergency laparotomy. Br J Surg. 2020 02; 107(3):218-226.
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Murphy PB, Savage SA, Zarzaur BL. Impact of Patient Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality after Common Emergency General Surgery Operations. J Surg Res. 2020 03; 247:95-102.
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Montano M, Bhasin S, D'Aquila RT, Erlandson KM, Evans WJ, Funderburg NT, Justice A, Ndhlovu LC, Ojikutu B, Pahor M, Pahwa S, Ryan AS, Schrack J, Schultz MB, Sebastiani P, Sinclair DA, Tripp J, Walker B, Womack JA, Yung R, Reeves RK. Harvard HIV and Aging Workshop: Perspectives and Priorities from Claude D. Pepper Centers and Centers for AIDS Research. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2019 Nov/Dec; 35(11-12):999-1012.
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Dresden SM, Platts-Mills TF, Kandasamy D, Walden L, Betz ME. Patient Versus Physician Perceptions of Frailty: A Comparison of Clinical Frailty Scale Scores of Older Adults in the Emergency Department. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 09; 26(9):1089-1092.
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Curran D, Andrew MK, Levin MJ, Turriani E, Matthews S, Fogarty C, Klein NP, Grupping K, Oostvogels L, Schmader KE. Evaluation of two frailty indices, with practical application in a vaccine clinical trial. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2019; 15(12):2960-2968.
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High KP, Zieman S, Gurwitz J, Hill C, Lai J, Robinson T, Schonberg M, Whitson H. Use of Functional Assessment to Define Therapeutic Goals and Treatment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 09; 67(9):1782-1790.
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Walston J, Bandeen-Roche K, Buta B, Bergman H, Gill TM, Morley JE, Fried LP, Robinson TN, Afilalo J, Newman AB, López-Otín C, De Cabo R, Theou O, Studenski S, Cohen HJ, Ferrucci L. Moving Frailty Toward Clinical Practice: NIA Intramural Frailty Science Symposium Summary. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 08; 67(8):1559-1564.
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Wallis M, Marsden E, Taylor A, Craswell A, Broadbent M, Barnett A, Nguyen KH, Johnston C, Glenwright A, Crilly J. The Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention model of care: a pragmatic trial. BMC Geriatr. 2018 12 03; 18(1):297.
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