Frailty Assessment in Clinical Practice: Opportunity in the Midst of a Pandemic

Emerging evidence from studies of older adults hospitalised with COVID-19 suggests that there is a high prevalence of frailty in this patient group. We reflect on the measurement of frailty in older patients hospitalized as an emergency and the translation of frailty from a research to a clinical co...

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Autores principales: Keevil, Victoria L., Osuafor, Christopher N., Mackett, Alistair J., Biram, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7709592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33202601
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics5040092
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description Emerging evidence from studies of older adults hospitalised with COVID-19 suggests that there is a high prevalence of frailty in this patient group. We reflect on the measurement of frailty in older patients hospitalized as an emergency and the translation of frailty from a research to a clinical concept. We consider whether, despite the contemporary challenges in the care of older adults as a result of COVID-19, there are opportunities for care quality improvement during a pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-77095922020-12-03 Frailty Assessment in Clinical Practice: Opportunity in the Midst of a Pandemic Keevil, Victoria L. Osuafor, Christopher N. Mackett, Alistair J. Biram, Richard Geriatrics (Basel) Editorial Emerging evidence from studies of older adults hospitalised with COVID-19 suggests that there is a high prevalence of frailty in this patient group. We reflect on the measurement of frailty in older patients hospitalized as an emergency and the translation of frailty from a research to a clinical concept. We consider whether, despite the contemporary challenges in the care of older adults as a result of COVID-19, there are opportunities for care quality improvement during a pandemic. MDPI 2020-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7709592/ /pubmed/33202601 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics5040092 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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