THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CONCEPT OF FRAGILITY IN MEDICAL PRACTICE. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF FRAGILITY SYNDROME IN ELDERLY PATIENTS ASSOCIATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Frailty, in association with aging and chronic disorders, is a key predictive factor of the quality of life and accelerating aging, which contributes to disability and, therefore, has important social-economic implications. The frailty nosological specific features outline to elderly people must be...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Romanian Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_MEDICAL_Journal/Revista_MEDICALA_ROMANA-2019-Nr.2/RMJ_2019_2_Art-10.pdf |
| Summary: | Frailty, in association with aging and chronic disorders, is a key predictive factor of the quality of life and accelerating aging, which contributes to disability and, therefore, has important social-economic implications.
The frailty nosological specific features outline to elderly people must be emphasized with its correlative
specificities. Without considering a gold standard, we consider that it is useful to make a few clear delimitations and correlations of various frailty concepts and of assessment methods and biomarkers that help easy
identify fragile patients. Frailty is a result of the decreasing quality of life in the elderly, that could be prevented, postponed or even improved by well-defined multi-factorial interventions. |
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| ISSN: | 1220-5478 2069-606X |