Journal article
Frailty: Identifying elderly patients at high risk of poor outcomes.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To help family physicians better recognize frailty and its implications for managing elderly patients.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: PubMed-MEDLINE was searched from 1990 to 2013. The search was restricted to English-language articles using the following groups of MeSH headings and key words: frail elderly, frail, frailty; aged, geriatrics, geriatric assessment, health services for the aged; and primary health care, community health …
Authors
Lee L; Heckman G; Molnar FJ
Journal
Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 227–231
Publication Date
March 2015
ISSN
0008-350X