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Taking prevention to the next step: implementation of a brief, sustainable frailty assessment in a cardiology clinic

BACKGROUND: Frailty measurement is recommended when assessing older adults with cardiovascular disease to individualise prevention and treatment. We sought to address this by incorporating routine gait speed measurement by clinicians into an outpatient preventive cardiology clinic. METHODS: Quality...

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Autores principales: Orkaby, Ariela R, James, Kirstyn, Leuchtenburg, Jessica, Solooki, Esther, Gaziano, J Michael, Driver, Jane A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7789440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33408100
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001140