Measuring Frailty Can Help Emergency Departments Identify Independent Seniors at Risk of Functional Decline After Minor Injuries

BACKGROUND. This study aims to (i) describe frailty in the subgroup of independent community-dwelling seniors consulting emergency departments (EDs) for minor injuries, (ii) examine the association between frailty and functional decline 3 months postinjury, (iii) ascertain the predictive accuracy of...

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Vydáno v:J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
Hlavní autoři: Sirois, Marie-Josée, Griffith, Lauren, Perry, Jeffrey, Daoust, Raoul, Veillette, Nathalie, Lee, Jacques, Pelletier, Mathieu, Wilding, Laura, Émond, Marcel
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: Oxford University Press 2017
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5155653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26400735
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glv152
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