After adjustment for other factors, a CFS of 3 or higher and relapsed/refractory disease were the only independent predictors of early zanubrutinib discontinuation.

A new study encourages clinicians to look at frailty on a continuum instead of a black-and-white approach. Authors of the study created a new score to help them assess how strong or weak a person may ...

Patients with heart failure who had worse clinical frailty scores at discharge were also at higher risk of death within the next 2 years. Frailty is closely linked to adverse outcomes in older adults, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Norton score upon admission is a marker of short‐ and long‐term mortality and should be considered as a risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Frailty score was associated with longer duration of mechanical ventilation and aided in identifying patients ...

A study of patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation found that exclusively using the population-based Hospital Frailty Risk Score tool to assess for frailty ...

The average human lifespan has increased at a breath-taking rate in the last century. The major problem of gerontology and ...

Older age is highly linked to mortality in COVID-19, but a study of hospitalized patients has shown that many older, multimorbid patients can survive the disease and that degree of frailty may better ...

The primary endpoint included improvement in any of the five frailty phenotype criteria, such as unintentional weight loss or exhaustion, or a one-point increase in the Short Physical Performance ...

early-dialysis-av-fistula-graft-surgery Study findings highlight a need to implement early interventions to reduce frailty after hemodialysis initiation. Frail patients on hemodialysis have greater ...