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Translation of the Frailty Paradigm from Older Adults to Children with Cardiac Disease.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Jun 2020
Panchangam Chaitanya, White David A, Goudar Suma, Birnbaum Brian, Malloy-Walton Lindsey, Gross-Toalson Jami, Reid Kimberly J, Shirali Girish, Parthiban Anitha
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Children and adolescents with cardiac disease (CCD) have significant morbidity and lower quality of life. However, there are no broadly applicable tools similar to the frailty score as described in the elderly, to define functional phenotype in terms of physical capability and psychosocial wellbeing in CCD. The purpose of this study is to investigate the domains of the frailty in CCD. We prospectively recruited...
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