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Critical Appraisal of the Concept Frailty: Rating of Frailty in Elderly People has Weak Scientific Basis and should not be Used for Managing Individual Patients
The concept frail elderly has been used to highlight the biological, rather than chronological, age. International and national bodies recommend that individuals over age 70 who visit healthcare facilities should be screened for frailty. There are important objections to the concept. Diagnostics: ‘F...
Autor principal: | Akner, Gunnar |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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JKL International LLC
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9937708/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36818552 http://dx.doi.org/10.14336/AD.2022.0506 |
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