Patients with heart failure who had worse clinical frailty scores at discharge were also at higher risk of death within the next 2 years. Frailty is closely linked to adverse outcomes in older adults, ...

Frailty increased during the first year after the initiation of dialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease. Pre-dialysis frailty was associated with an increased risk for hospitalisation, and ...

A study of patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation found that exclusively using the population-based Hospital Frailty Risk Score tool to assess for frailty ...

Identifying patients with combined polypharmacy and frailty can help recognize ICU patients with high risk of hospital readmission, the authors said. Polypharmacy and frailty are very common among ...

A new study classifies frailty in older people, coming up with two subtypes. The classification may further help clinicians manage frailty and deliver more customized care. The study evaluated the ...

Frailty is common among older patients undergoing PCI in the United States, and the more severe it is, the greater the likelihood of complications and of dying in the hospital, data from the CathPCI ...