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Frailty in Older Adults Using Pre-hospital Care and the Emergency Department: A Narrative Review

BACKGROUND: Older adults use more health-care services per capita than younger age groups and the older adult population varies greatly in its needs. Evidence suggests that there is a critical distinction between relative frailty and fitness in older adults. Here, we review how frailty is described...

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Autores principales: Goldstein, Judah P., Andrew, Melissa K., Travers, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259013
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.15.27