Plasma hypertonicity: another marker of frailty?

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Plasma hypertonicity, abnormally elevated amounts of effective solute per kg plasma, as a marker of preclinical frailty are proposed. The study uses data from a representative cohort of community-dwelling subjects reporting no disability at baseline to examine plasma hypertonicity as a potential marker of preclinical frailty.

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Body weight change and mortality in a cohort of elderly patients recently discharged from the hospital

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The prognostic significance of weight change in frail elderly patients is examined. The findings state that elderly patients who gain 3 or more kg/y after hospital discharge are at nearly the same risk of mortality as those who lose this amount of weight.

Body weight, Aged patients, Elderly patients, Body weight changes

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Frailty and its definition: a worthy challenge

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The complexity involved in defining "frailty" through some sort of standardization that is required, and which will eventually be helpful in bringing in coherence in frailty studies, is discussed.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Science & research, Standards, Research

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