"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Profiles.
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Frailty associates with respiratory exacerbations and mortality in the COPDGene cohort. Aging (Albany NY). 2025 Jul 03; 17(7):1590-1623.
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A 20-s Video-Based Assessment of Cognitive Frailty: Results from a Cohort Study within the Precision Aging Network. Gerontology. 2025; 71(7):589-600.
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Decoding Precision Aging: The Intersection of Cognitive Decline, Frailty, and Hormonal Biomarkers. Gerontology. 2025; 71(7):564-575.
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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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Association of left atrial function with frailty: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Dec; 72(12):3810-3823.
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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.