"Geriatric Assessment" 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.
Evaluation of the level of physical, physiological, or mental functioning in the older population group.
| Descriptor ID |
D015577
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.225 I01.240.425.350 N01.224.425.350 N05.715.360.300.360 N06.850.505.400.425.350 N06.850.520.308.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Geriatric Assessment- Geriatric Assessment
- Assessment, Geriatric
- Assessments, Geriatric
- Geriatric Assessments
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Geriatric Assessment" by people in this website by year, and whether "Geriatric Assessment" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geriatric Assessment" by people in Profiles.
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Assessment of frailty in patients with heart failure: A new Heart Failure Frailty Score developed by Delphi consensus. ESC Heart Fail. 2025 Jun; 12(3):1818-1831.
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Associations Between Deficit Accumulation Frailty and Baseline Markers of Lifestyle in the U.S. POINTER Trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 Jan 16; 80(2).
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Emergency Nurses' Perspectives on Adopting Geriatric Screenings for Cognitive Impairment: A Qualitative Study. J Emerg Nurs. 2025 May; 51(3):398-408.
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Geriatric assessment for the practicing clinician: The why, what, and how. CA Cancer J Clin. 2024 Nov-Dec; 74(6):496-518.
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Improving Surgical Care and Outcomes in Older Cancer Patients Through Implementation of a Presurgical Toolkit (OPTI-Surg)-Final Results of a Phase III Cluster Randomized Trial (Alliance A231601CD). Ann Surg. 2024 Oct 01; 280(4):623-632.
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The Frailty Trajectory's Additional Edge Over the Frailty Index: Retrospective Cohort Study of Veterans With Heart Failure. JMIR Aging. 2024 Jun 27; 7:e56345.
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What is the additive value of nutritional deficiency to VA-FI in the risk assessment for heart failure patients? J Nutr Health Aging. 2024 Jul; 28(7):100253.
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Impact of Multidomain Frailty on the Mode of Death in Older Patients With Heart Failure: A Cohort Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 May; 17(5):e010416.
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Vision Impairment and Frailty Among Mexican American Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 06; 43(6):755-764.
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The Challenge of Chronic Wounds in Older Adults. Clin Geriatr Med. 2024 Aug; 40(3):367-373.