Objectives The confusion surrounding psychological frailty and its components prompts the
need for a standardized conceptual definition. To address this, we aimed to (1) identify the …

Informal care is considered to be important for the wellbeing and resilience of the elderly.
However, solutions for the effective collaboration of healthcare professionals, patients, and …

Introduction: Frailty phenotype represents weight loss, decreased functional and physical
capacity and activity, falls, slow gait, and memory impairment. Sarcopenia is a generalized …

With the increase in life expectancy and awareness, more otorhinolaryngologic surgeries
are being performed in the elderly population. Otorhinolaryngologic surgeries like …

Background: Geriatrics is branch of medicine focusing on health status of elderly people. It
mainly deals with prevention and treatment of diseases and debilities in older adults. In …

Results The mean age of the present study group was 68.08±4.46 years. Out of 250, 204
(91.07%) were frail and 178 (71.2%) were sarcopenic, and among the whole study …

Background: Sepsis can be defined as a life-threatening condition which is arising from the
body's response to an infection. Septic shock is taken as a subset of sepsis in which there is …

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is a usual problem in hospitalised elderly population, although
it is not always recognised by health professionals. A mean rate of clinical and subclinical …

Background: Few studies had shown variable correlation between low levels of serum
albumin and serum calcium with the size of the infarct and the ultimate prognosis. This study …

Background: Frailty is a reversible age-related condition of increased vulnerability and risk
of death or unplanned hospitalization. Frailty and polypill therapy are common in elderly …