Frailty and its quantitative clinical evaluation
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Frailty and its quantitative clinical evaluation.
Frailty is a progressive physiological decline in multiple organ systems marked by loss of function, loss of physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to disease and death. Frail older adults are vulnerable to poor health outcomes including an increased risk of disability, social isolation and institutionalisation. With the advances in understanding of the physiological underpinnings an...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1478-2715,2042-8189
DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2012.412