Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Johns Hopkins scientists report that a 10-minute test for frailty, first designed to predict whether the elderly ...

A simplified frailty index created by surgeons is a reliable tool for assessing risk of mortality and serious complications in older patients considering total hip and knee replacement procedures, ...

The Clinical Frailty Scale assessment can be performed in less than a minute and indicates likelihood of post-surgical mortality and loss of independence. Prior to vascular surgery, an easy nine-point ...

Frailty has been used to predict how well a patient may recover from a major operation. Because frailty assessments are not routinely utilized in busy surgical practices, surgeons at Emory University ...

For the most part today, doctors determine if a patient can withstand the stress of surgery based on the "eyeball test," a loose and variable judgment based on "a look-over or a glance," says Martin A ...

A simple, 10-minute "frailty" test administered to older patients before they undergo surgery can predict with great certainty their risk for complications, how long they will stay in the hospital and ...

A simple arm test that employs a novel wearable technology can rapidly and accurately identify physiological frailty in older adults, according to new study results. A simple arm test that employs a ...

Frailty risk in stroke survivors may be much higher than earlier reports suggest, according to new research using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), the country’s ...

Common practice, and recently published research, shows that the risk of complications with surgery increases in very old or frail adults including those with heart failure. However, a number of ...

A 72-year-old resident of Seocho-gu, Seoul, identified as Kim, recently heard unexpected feedback after participating in a local welfare center health program. A physical education instructor proposed ...

SAN FRANCISCO: A simplified frailty index created by surgeons at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Mich., is a reliable tool for assessing risk of mortality and serious ...