Pre-existing Frailty Linked with Worse Clinical Outcome in Older Adults with Acute MI MD Bureau8 April 2022 9:00 AM ISTPhysical frailty is a commonly encountered geriatric syndrome among older adults without coronary heart disease (CHD). A recent study suggests that...
Guideline-directed medical therapy not good enough for Highly Frail Patients with HFrEF MD Bureau18 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTGuidelines strongly recommend patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) be treated with multiple medications proven to...
Frailty helps predict mortality risk associated with progressive liver cirrhosis: Study Medical Dialogues Editorial Team10 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTCanada: In a new study conducted by Sarah Wang and team, frailty was found to be an independent predictor of progression of cirrhosis or mortality, as...
Higher frailty may delay vascular access maturation in dialysis Patients Medical Dialogues Editorial Team8 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTCalifornia: In a study led by Karen Woo, it was shown that longer durations to vascular access functional usage are connected with higher levels of...
Low glycaemia increases risk of frailty and functional decline in elderly with T2DM: Study. Dr. Shravani Dali19 Oct 2021 9:00 AM ISTLow glycaemia increases the risk of frailty and functional decline in older people with type 2 diabetes, suggests a study published in the Diabetes...
Frailty increases UTI risk in patients with diabetes and CKD: Study Medha Baranwal17 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTTaiwan: A recent study found frailty in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) to be associated with an increased risk...
Frailty not linked to mortality or ICU admissions among THA and TKA patients: Study Dr Satabdi Saha4 Aug 2021 3:00 PM ISTAmong patients with a fatal outcome or ICU admission after elective THA or TKA, only 20% could be categorized as frail on the modified Frailty ...
Frailty leads to poorer outcomes after complex, emergency surgeries: PLoS ONE Dr Satabdi Saha28 July 2021 9:00 AM ISTFrail patients have inferior clinical outcomes and greater resource use, after emergency general surgery, with the greatest absolute differences...
Apixaban linked to lesser adverse events in AF elderly patients with frailty: Study Medha Baranwal21 July 2021 9:30 AM ISTUSA: Apixaban compared with warfarin is associated with a lower rate of adverse events across all frailty levels in older adults with atrial...
Frailty may accurately predict outcomes in patients undergoing vestibular schwannoma resection Dr. Nandita Mohan14 July 2021 9:00 AM ISTThe most frequent question asked is about the independent prognostic associations of chronological age and frailty (physiological age) with outcomes...
Frailty in old age associated with complications after cholecystectomy: Study Medha Baranwal21 Jun 2021 9:00 AM ISTUSA: Frail patients undergoing cholecystectomy are at a higher risk of adverse postoperative outcomes, according to a recent study in the journal...
Frailty index not related with hearing scores after cochlear implantation in elderly: Study Medha Baranwal24 April 2021 4:17 AM ISTUSA: Lower frailty index and more improvement in pure-tone average (PTA) predict the better quality of life (QoL) after cochlear implantation in older...
