Frail Elderly

"Frail Elderly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible to disease or to other infirmity.

Descriptor ID	D016330
MeSH Number(s)	M01.060.116.100.540
Concept/Terms	Frail Elderly Frail Elderly Elderly, Frail Frail Elders Elder, Frail Elders, Frail Frail Elder Functionally-Impaired Elderly Functionally-Impaired Elderly Elderly, Functionally-Impaired Functionally Impaired Elderly Frail Older Adults Frail Older Adults Adult, Frail Older Adults, Frail Older Frail Older Adult Older Adult, Frail Older Adults, Frail

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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Age Groups [M01.060]
Adult [M01.060.116]
Aged [M01.060.116.100]
Frail Elderly [M01.060.116.100.540]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	1	1	2
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2012	2	0	2
2016	0	2	2
2019	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	0	1	1

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Yin Z, Li S, Land WM, Ullevig SL, Juarez F, Hern?ndez AE, Ortega C, Patel NK, Simmonds MJ. Higher levels of physical activity buffered the negative effect of pain severity on physical frailty in older Latinx adults. Geriatr Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr; 42(2):460-466.

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Moussa RK, Diaby V. Self-assessed life expectancy among older adults in C?te d'Ivoire. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jun 15; 20(1):932.

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Montano M, Bhasin S, D'Aquila RT, Erlandson KM, Evans WJ, Funderburg NT, Justice A, Ndhlovu LC, Ojikutu B, Pahor M, Pahwa S, Ryan AS, Schrack J, Schultz MB, Sebastiani P, Sinclair DA, Tripp J, Walker B, Womack JA, Yung R, Reeves RK. Harvard HIV and Aging Workshop: Perspectives and Priorities from Claude D. Pepper Centers and Centers for AIDS Research. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2019 Nov-Dec; 35(11-12):999-1012.

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Harford R, Clark MJ, Norris KC, Yan G. Relationship Between Age and Pre-End Stage Renal Disease Care in Elderly Patients Treated with Maintenance Hemodialysis. Nephrol Nurs J. 2016 Mar-Apr; 43(2):101-7; quiz 108.

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Pajewski NM, Williamson JD, Applegate WB, Berlowitz DR, Bolin LP, Chertow GM, Krousel-Wood MA, Lopez-Barrera N, Powell JR, Roumie CL, Still C, Sink KM, Tang R, Wright CB, Supiano MA. Characterizing Frailty Status in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2016 May; 71(5):649-55.

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Smit E, Crespo CJ, Michael Y, Ramirez-Marrero FA, Brodowicz GR, Bartlett S, Andersen RE. The effect of vitamin D and frailty on mortality among non-institutionalized US older adults. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2012 Sep; 66(9):1024-8.

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Lakey SL, LaCroix AZ, Gray SL, Borson S, Williams CD, Calhoun D, Goveas JS, Smoller JW, Ockene JK, Masaki KH, Coday M, Rosal MC, Woods NF. Antidepressant use, depressive symptoms, and incident frailty in women aged 65 and older from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 May; 60(5):854-61.

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High KP, Bradley SF, Gravenstein S, Mehr DR, Quagliarello VJ, Richards C, Yoshikawa TT. Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation of fever and infection in older adult residents of long-term care facilities: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Mar; 57(3):375-94.

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Woods NF, LaCroix AZ, Gray SL, Aragaki A, Cochrane BB, Brunner RL, Masaki K, Murray A, Newman AB. Frailty: emergence and consequences in women aged 65 and older in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Aug; 53(8):1321-30.

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Akhtar AJ, Padda M. Fecal incontinence in older patients. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2005 Jan-Feb; 6(1):54-60.

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