Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers successfully integrated a physical frailty assessment into routine screening for kidney transplant ...

A new prospective study shows that the Hopkins Frailty Score (HFS) can help predict preoperatively which patients are at greater risk of developing complications after surgery. These results were ...

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 ...

Dr. Galinos Barmparas shares expert insights on how frailty shapes operative risk and the subsequent clinical trajectory ...

As our population ages and our medical care improves, we have increasing numbers of frail patients. The frail require gentler, longer, and frequently more expensive care. A new study looks at these ...

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 ...

Individuals who meet at least one of the criteria for physical frailty are at higher risk of also developing depression, a new Yale study finds. The findings — which also include insights into the ...

Frailty was significantly associated with an increased risk of malnutrition among older adults while greater masticatory (chewing) performance was associated with reduced risk, according to a February ...