An electronic frailty index, derived from electronic health record (EHR) data including diagnostic codes, identified patients who had a higher risk for mortality, acute care visits, and readmissions.

A new study explores the relationship between frailty, the proportion of health deficits present in an individual, as measured by the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Frailty Index ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science), on October 24, 2024, Volume 16, Issue 20, titled, "Development and ...

Among patients with hypertension, a frailty index more effectively identified the systolic blood pressure (BP) ranges associated with a lower risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) than ...

Introduction Frailty is a common condition in older hypertensive adults with and is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes. Blood pressure variability (BPV) is as an independent ...

Published in BMC Medicine, the study analyzed data from over 150,000 participants and found the strongest associations in ...

A comprehensive frailty index would be a valuable tool for the dialysis population, which commonly has mobility and resource constraints that limit physical performance assessments. A newly developed ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency healthcare needs, rehospitalization or death. The tool measured patient ...

The Five-item Frailty Index (5i-FI) is a tool used by physicians to predict surgical risk and postoperative complications after a procedure. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding ...

Frailty accelerated four to nine years before dementia started, and it was positively linked with the risk for dementia, according to four studies conducted in the United States and the United Kingdom ...

The bumpy trajectory of human aging may have a tipping point as we enter our twilight years, a new study has found. Past the age of around 75, our bodies can no longer easily recover from injury or ...