Managing Older Adults with Ground-Level Falls Admitted to a Trauma Service: The Effect of Frailty

Frailty in surgery

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Superiority of Frailty Over Age in Predicting Outcomes Among Geriatric Trauma Patients

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Frailty and Fracture, Disability, and Falls: A Multiple Country Study From the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women

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Predicting hospital discharge disposition in geriatric trauma patients

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Frail Patients Are at Increased Risk for Mortality and Prolonged Institutional Care After Cardiac Surgery

(2010) Dana H. Lee et al.   CIRCULATION

Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes in Older Patients

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Ground Level Falls Are Associated With Significant Mortality in Elderly Patients

(2010) Konstantinos Spaniolas et al.   JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE

Assessment of Mortality in Older Trauma Patients Sustaining Injuries from Falls or Motor Vehicle Collisions Treated in Regional Level I Trauma Centers

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Comparison of 2 Frailty Indexes for Prediction of Falls, Disability, Fractures, and Death in Older Women

(2008) Kristine E. Ensrud   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

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