TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - A computer-aided diagnosis system for geriatrics assessment and frailty evaluation
JO  - Advances in experimental medicine and biology
A1  - Vairaktarakis, Charalampos
A1  - Tsiamis, Vasilis
A1  - Soursou, Georgia
A1  - Lekkas, Filippos
A1  - Nikolopoulou, Markella
A1  - Vasileiadou, Emmanouilia
A1  - Premtsis, Konstantinos
A1  - Alexiou, Athanasios
SP  - 69
EP  - 77
VL  - 820
IS  - 
N2  - It is a common knowledge that frailty is a condition associated with getting older, and it has been considered as highly prevalent as far as falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality are concerned. At the present time a standardized definition has not yet been established. With that in mind and for frailty being of a vital importance as a term identifying geriatric symptoms, we pursued to embody the well-known 70-scale CSHA Frailty index of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging in a Clinical Decision Support System, after categorizing and expanding it. The proposed categorization in this chapter can be helpful for usage by patients and their relatives, care givers, and medical doctors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0065-2598
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09012-2_5
ID  - ref1
ER  -