Malnutrition is very prevalent in geriatric patients with hip fracture. Nevertheless, its
importance is not fully recognized. The objective of this paper is to review the impact of …

Adults are living longer, and cardiovascular disease is endemic in the growing population of
older adults who are surviving into old age. Functional capacity is a key metric in this …

Objectives To investigate the combined contribution of processes of hospitalization and
preadmission individual risk factors in explaining functional decline at discharge and at 1 …

Importance Most patients with advanced-stage cancer develop impairment and pain-driven
functional losses that jeopardize their independence. Objective To determine whether …

Background Increasing frailty is associated with risk of mortality and functional decline in
hospitalized older adults, but there is no consensus on the best screening method for use by …

Physical therapists often treat older adults with marked deficits in physical function
secondary to an acute hospitalization. These deficits are often collectively defined as …

Background: Intrinsic capacity (IC) is a novel view focusing on healthy aging. The effect of IC
on adverse outcomes in older hospitalized Chinese adults is rarely studied. Objectives: This …

Hospital readmissions in older adult populations are an emerging quality indicator for acute
care hospitals. Recent evidence has linked functional decline during and after …

Objective Frailty, a clinical syndrome associated with loss of metabolic reserves, is prevalent
among patients who present to vascular surgery clinics for evaluation. The Clinical Frailty …

Background Age-related loss of muscle mass and function (sarcopenia) is linked to poor
outcomes after operation and trauma. Here we evaluate computed tomography measured …