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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Bar chart showing 76 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	0	1	1
1998	1	0	1
2000	1	1	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	3	0	3
2004	1	2	3
2006	3	0	3
2007	1	3	4
2008	2	0	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	3	4
2012	1	1	2
2013	2	2	4
2014	3	2	5
2015	3	2	5
2016	7	3	10
2017	1	3	4
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	2	3
2020	2	3	5
2021	0	7	7
2022	0	1	1

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Heisey HD, Kunik ME, Qualls C, Segoviano-Escobar MB, Villareal DT. Truncal Fat and Frailty Are Important Predictors of Cognitive Performance among Aging Adults with Obesity. J Nutr Health Aging. 2022; 26(5):425-429.

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Subbiah IM, Tejero I, Alibhai SMH. Multidimensional impact of the geriatric assessment in the cancer care of older adults. Cancer. 2022 03 01; 128(5):953-955.

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Maeda D, Matsue Y, Kagiyama N, Jujo K, Saito K, Kamiya K, Saito H, Ogasahara Y, Maekawa E, Konishi M, Kitai T, Iwata K, Wada H, Hiki M, Dotare T, Sunayama T, Kasai T, Nagamatsu H, Ozawa T, Izawa K, Yamamoto S, Aizawa N, Wakaume K, Oka K, Momomura SI, Minamino T. Sex differences in the prevalence and prognostic impact of physical frailty and sarcopenia among older patients with heart failure. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2022 Feb; 32(2):365-372.

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Ombres R, des Bordes JKA, Popat UR, Yennu S, Champlin RE, Mohile SG, Kebriaei P, Holmes HM. Serial frailty assessments following allogeneic stem cell transplant in older adults: A pilot study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2022 03; 13(2):194-199.

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Park C, Mishra R, Golledge J, Najafi B. Digital Biomarkers of Physical Frailty and Frailty Phenotypes Using Sensor-Based Physical Activity and Machine Learning. Sensors (Basel). 2021 Aug 05; 21(16).

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Park C, Mishra R, Sharafkhaneh A, Bryant MS, Nguyen C, Torres I, Naik AD, Najafi B. Digital Biomarker Representing Frailty Phenotypes: The Use of Machine Learning and Sensor-Based Sit-to-Stand Test. Sensors (Basel). 2021 May 08; 21(9).

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Barnouin Y, Armamento-Villareal R, Celli A, Jiang B, Paudyal A, Nambi V, Bryant MS, Marcelli M, Garcia JM, Qualls C, Villareal DT. Testosterone Replacement Therapy Added to Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Older Men With Obesity and Hypogonadism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 03 08; 106(3):e1096-e1110.

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Park C, Sharafkhaneh A, Bryant MS, Nguyen C, Torres I, Najafi B. Toward Remote Assessment of Physical Frailty Using Sensor-based Sit-to-stand Test. J Surg Res. 2021 07; 263:130-139.

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Burt BM. Commentary: Respiratory frailty: Sarcopenia in earnest. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 03; 163(3):788.

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Najafi B, Veranyan N, Zulbaran-Rojas A, Park C, Nguyen H, Nakahara QK, Elizondo-Adamchik H, Chung J, Mills JL, Montero-Baker M, Armstrong DG, Rowe V. Association Between Wearable Device-Based Measures of Physical Frailty and Major Adverse Events Following Lower Extremity Revascularization. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 11 02; 3(11):e2020161.

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