Frail Elderly

"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.

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Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible to disease or to other infirmity.

Descriptor ID	D016330
MeSH Number(s)	M01.060.116.100.540
Concept/Terms	Frail Elderly Frail Elderly Elderly, Frail Frail Elders Elder, Frail Elders, Frail Frail Elder Functionally-Impaired Elderly Functionally-Impaired Elderly Elderly, Functionally-Impaired Functionally Impaired Elderly 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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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Age Groups [M01.060]
Adult [M01.060.116]
Aged [M01.060.116.100]
Frail Elderly [M01.060.116.100.540]

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Bar chart showing 58 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2017 and 2019 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	1	2
1996	0	1	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	0	1	1
2000	2	0	2
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	1	2
2004	0	1	1
2006	2	1	3
2007	0	1	1
2008	2	1	3
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	3	0	3
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	1	2
2017	4	1	5
2018	0	2	2
2019	3	2	5
2020	2	0	2
2021	2	1	3
2022	0	5	5
2023	0	4	4
2024	1	2	3

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Yuan Y, Barooah A, Lapane KL, Mack D, Rothschild AJ, Ulbricht CM. Health Profile Transitions and the Association With Cognitive Impairment in Older Nursing Home Residents With Suicidal Ideation. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2024 Oct; 39(10):e70003.

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Shi SM, Olivieri-Mui B, Park CM, Sison S, McCarthy EP, Kim DH. Frailty in Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries and Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 08 01; 7(8):e2431067.

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O'Connor L, Sison S, Eisenstock K, Ito K, McGee S, Mele X, Del Poza I, Hall M, Smiley A, Inzerillo J, Kinsella K, Soni A, Dickson E, Broach JP, McManus DD. Paramedic-Assisted Community Evaluation After Discharge: The PACED Intervention. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Oct; 25(10):105165.

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Tanaka T, Das JK, Jin Y, Tian Q, Moaddel R, Moore AZ, Tucker KL, Talegawkar SA, Ferrucci L. Plant Protein but Not Animal Protein Consumption Is Associated with Frailty through Plasma Metabolites. Nutrients. 2023 Sep 28; 15(19).

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DuMontier C, Hennis R, Yilidirim C, Seligman BJ, Fonseca Valencia C, Lubinski BL, Sison SM, Dharne M, Kim DH, Schwartz AW, Driver JA, Fillmore NR, Orkaby AR. Construct validity of the electronic Veterans Affairs Frailty Index against clinician frailty assessment. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 12; 71(12):3857-3864.

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Shi SM, Steinberg N, Oh G, Olivieri-Mui B, Sison S, McCarthy EP, Kim DH. Change in a Claims-Based Frailty Index, Mortality, and Health Care Costs in Medicare Beneficiaries. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 07 08; 78(7):1198-1203.

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Peng C, Burr JA, Yuan Y, Lapane KL. Physical Frailty and Cognitive Function among Older Chinese Adults: The Mediating Roles of Activities of Daily Living Limitations and Depression. J Frailty Aging. 2023; 12(3):156-165.

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Yuan Y, Barooah A, Lapane KL, Mack D, Rothschild AJ, Ulbricht CM. Health profiles of older nursing home residents by suicidal ideation: A latent class analysis. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2022 11; 37(11).

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Wang W, Lessard D, Kiefe CI, Goldberg RJ, Parish D, Helm R, Trymbulak K, Mehawej J, Abu H, Bamgbade BA, Hayward R, Gore J, Gurwitz JH, McManus DD, Saczynski JS. Differential effect of anticoagulation according to cognitive function and frailty in older patients with atrial fibrillation. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 02; 71(2):394-403.

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Park CM, Dhawan R, Lie JJ, Sison SM, Kim W, Lee ES, Kim JH, Kim DH. Functional status recovery trajectories in hospitalised older adults with pneumonia. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2022 05; 9(1).

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