Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Survivors with a recovery trajectory consistent with post-intensive care syndrome had poorer cognitive function ...

Only about one third of older patients in a cohort study who were considered frail and then required resuscitation from cardiac arrest during noncardiac surgery survived to at least a month after ...

Within 30 days of a surgery, 11.6% of patients over 65 are readmitted to a hospital. That more than doubles after 180 days following a major surgery, in which 27.6% return to the hospital, according ...

Among patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), frailty was associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality at 1 year across all age groups. The impact was more pronounced in patients ...

Consulting physical therapy early on and speaking up to the health care team can help patients with blood cancer be more prepared for a hematopoietic stem cell transplant, an expert said. Patients ...

In this review, we first provide a brief overview of frailty, including biologic mechanisms, measurement, and clinical management. This overview is followed by a discussion of approaches to ...

A conceptual image of gut bacteria. A new study from Nagoya University School of Medicine and Fujita Health University reveals that frailty-associated dysbiosis significantly elevates the risk of ...

Findings seen for home-based exercise and nutrition program at least three weeks before surgery. (HealthDay News) — Prehabilitation can reduce disability after surgery in older adults with frailty, ...

Frailty refers to a person’s mental and physical resilience, or their ability to bounce back and recover from events like illness and injury. “Frailty is regarded as a syndrome, and a syndrome is a ...

Older adults have heightened frailty prior to and just after entering a senior housing property, but the frailty levels decline after one year, a study by NORC at the University of Chicago found. The ...