A new frailty index developed by clinicians from Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, New York City, aligns well with the geriatric assessment but is easier to use and could be helpful for ...
An electronic frailty index, derived from electronic health record (EHR) data including diagnostic codes, identified patients who had a higher risk for mortality, acute care visits, and readmissions.
A study comparing biological aging indicators found that Rockwood Frailty Index was a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than leukocyte telomere length in adults without prior CVD. The ...
Circulating levels of the pro-inflammatory monomeric isoform of C-reactive protein (mCRP) correlate with inflammatory markers in patients with stage II-III colon cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting ...
The Five-item Frailty Index (5i-FI) is a tool used by physicians to predict surgical risk and postoperative complications after a procedure. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding ...
Multiple tools have been developed to help identify and stratify older patients with myeloma. The International Myeloma Working Group proposed a frailty index on the basis of chronological age plus ...
Frailty was calculated via a frailty index (FI) using 49 variables in the NHANES dataset related to signs, symptoms, disabilities, diseases and laboratory measurements. Results found that frailty was ...
Researchers at a Scottish university have discovered a measure used to assess the health of older people can improve quality of life for younger patients. Frailty is a condition usually recognised in ...
An international collaboration of researchers have successfully adapted a Japanese oral health screening tool for use among ...
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