"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.
Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible to disease or to other infirmity.
| Descriptor ID |
D016330
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.116.100.540
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| Concept/Terms |
Frail Elderly- Frail Elderly
- Elderly, Frail
- Frail Elders
- Elder, Frail
- Elders, Frail
- Frail Elder
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in this website by year, and whether "Frail Elderly" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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More intensive therapy as more effective treatment for frail patients with multiple myeloma [corrected]. Blood Adv. 2023 10 24; 7(20):6275-6284.
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Frail but Resilient: Frailty in Autologous Breast Reconstruction is Associated with Worse Surgical Outcomes but Equivalent Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jan; 31(1):659-671.
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Association of Surgery With Frailty Status in Older Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer. JAMA Surg. 2023 06 01; 158(6):664-666.
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Sensor-Based Assessment of Variability in Daily Physical Activity and Frailty. Gerontology. 2023; 69(9):1147-1154.
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Developing a Parsimonious Frailty Index for Older, Multimorbid Adults With Heart Failure Using Machine Learning. Am J Cardiol. 2023 03 01; 190:75-81.
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A Co-Management Model for Myeloid Malignancies That Evolved during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Acta Haematol. 2023; 146(2):144-150.
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Truncal Fat and Frailty Are Important Predictors of Cognitive Performance among Aging Adults with Obesity. J Nutr Health Aging. 2022; 26(5):425-429.