Medical Term Frailty

Frailty: Evaluation and Management | AAFP

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Frailty, which is a geriatric syndrome that affects 5% to 17% of older adults, is a state of increased vulnerability across multiple health domains that leads to adverse health outcomes. Frail...

UpToDate

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Frailty is most often defined as an aging-related syndrome of physiological decline, characterized by marked vulnerability to adverse health outcomes. Frail older …

Frailty syndrome - Wikipedia

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Frailty | medical condition | Britannica

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frailty, also called frailty syndrome, medical condition that occurs as a result of aging -associated declines in energy, strength, and function that increase a person’s …

Introduction to Frailty | British Geriatrics Society

https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/introduction-to-frailty

Frailty is a distinctive health state related to the ageing process in which multiple body systems gradually lose their in-built reserves. Around 10 per cent of people aged over 65 years have frailty, …

What is frailty? - Canadian Frailty Network

https://www.cfn-nce.ca/frailty-matters/what-is-frailty/

Frailty is a medical condition of reduced function and health in older individuals. Getting older doesn’t necessarily mean someone is frail, but it does increase the odds of developing multiple medical conditions and …

Frailty | definition of frailty by Medical dictionary

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/frailty

frailty Vox populi A state of delicacy or weakness which, which encompasses age-related fragility, in particular osteoporosis. See FICSIT, Osteoporosis. McGraw-Hill Concise …

What is frailty? | Age UK

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/policy-research/frailty-in-older-people/understanding-frailty/

The term frailty or ‘being frail’ is often used to describe a particular state of health often experienced by older people. But sometimes it’s used inaccurately. If someone is living …

Frailty: What Is It? - PubMed

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Frailty is a clinical condition characterized by an excessive vulnerability of the individual to endogenous and exogenous stressors. This status generates a high risk …

NHS England » Frailty – what it means and how to keep …

https://www.england.nhs.uk/blog/frailty/

In medicine, frailty defines the group of older people who are at highest risk of adverse outcomes such as falls, disability, admission to hospital, or the need for long-term …