Assertion: frailty | /r/HasProperty | identified
Facets:
value: easily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Once frailty is identified, management is guided by multidisciplinary assessment using the principles of Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) , while specifically targeting the problems associated with frailty.
text: Although it’s difficult to define precisely, most clinicians will concur that frailty can be easily recognized as “
text: Frailty in older adults is under-recognized, under-documented and under-coded in data from medical encounters, hospital discharge summaries and death certificates.
text: Frailty in older adults is under-recognized, under-documented and under-coded in data from medical encounters, hospital discharge summaries and death certificates.
text: Therefore, once frailty has been identified, contributors to frailty (ie, physical performance, nutrition, cognition, and mental health) can be highlighted using simple, validated screening tests (Figure 2).
text: outcomes.73 Others have identified frailty as a predictor of prolonged hospital stays and early hospital readmission (EHR).74,75 Moreover, frailty has been identified to be the best predictor of 30-day postoperative complications independent of age.76
text: After frailty has been identified, a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) needs to take place to improve outcomes for frail older people in all health and social care settings (Ellis et al, 2011; BGS, 2010).
text: Frailty can now be identified and diagnosed with comparative ease using the validated electronic frailty index.
text: Frailty has been considered synonymous with disability, comorbidity, and other characteristics, but it is recognized that it may have a biologic basis and be a distinct clinical syndrome.
text: Frailty has been considered synonymous with disability, comorbidity, and other characteristics, but it is recognized that it may have a biologic basis and be a distinct clinical syndrome.