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Frailty: dominos or deliberation?

The New Zealand medical journal - 24 Jul 2009

Heppenstall Claire P, Wilkinson Tim J, Hanger H Carl, Keeling Sally

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Frailty is a common, but under-described, condition in older people, that is now better understood thus aiding better identification and treatment. It is characterised by multisystem deterioration and loss of physiological reserve to cope with insults. The traditional physical phenotype of frailty comprises 5 key findings: weakness, sarcopaenia, weight loss, physical inactivity, and slowness (which are also...

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