"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Profiles.
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"Faith and a sunny day": Association of patient frailty with strain experienced by informal caregivers of older adults with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2024 11; 15(8):102060.
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Quantifying Frailty Requires a Conceptual Model Before a Statistical Model-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2022 11 01; 157(11):1065-1066.
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Frailty in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Risk of Exacerbations and Hospitalizations. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2020; 15:1967-1976.
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Frailty Prevalence and Association with Health-Related Quality of Life Impairment among Rural Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Vietnam. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 10 12; 16(20).
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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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Blood Pressure, Antihypertensive Polypharmacy, Frailty, and Risk for Serious Fall Injuries Among Older Treated Adults With Hypertension. Hypertension. 2017 08; 70(2):259-266.
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Glucose Levels and Risk of Frailty. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2016 09; 71(9):1223-9.
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Geriatric Conditions in Patients Undergoing Defibrillator Implantation for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Prevalence and Impact on Mortality. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016 Jan; 9(1):23-30.
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Patients' time in therapeutic range on warfarin among US patients with atrial fibrillation: Results from ORBIT-AF registry. Am Heart J. 2015 Jul; 170(1):141-8, 148.e1.
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Frailty and incident dementia. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2013 Sep; 68(9):1083-90.