Citation

Dresden SM, Platts-Mills TF, Kandasamy D, Walden L, Betz ME. Acad. Emerg. Med. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, School of Medicine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/acem.13825

PMID

31265194

Abstract

Frailty is a state of vulnerability to impairments in mobility, balance, muscle strength, motor processing, physical function, disability, cognition, nutrition, endurance, and physical activity. Prevalence estimates vary widely from 4.0 to 59.1% (weighted estimate 10.9%), with prevalence increasing with age. The risk of adverse outcomes for frail older adults including falls, delirium, disability and death is increased compared to similarly aged individuals without frailty, and may be a more important predictor of death than age for older adults. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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