With the aging of the world's population, a large proportion of patients seen in
cardiovascular practice are older adults, but many patients also exhibit signs of physical …

Frailty in aging marks a state of decreased reserves resulting in increased vulnerability to
adverse outcomes when exposed to stressors. This Perspective synthesizes the evidence …

The human ageing process is universal, ubiquitous and inevitable. Every physiological
function is being continuously diminished. There is a range between two distinct phenotypes …

Background A lack of agreement on definitions and terminology used for nutrition-related
concepts and procedures limits the development of clinical nutrition practice and research …

This narrative review presents a biological rationale and evidence to describe how the
preoperative condition of the patient contributes to postoperative morbidity. Any preoperative …

Ageing of the population, together with population growth, has brought along an ample
increase in the number of older individuals living with dementia and disabilities. Dementia is …

Frailty, a critical intermediate status of the aging process that is at increased risk for negative
health-related events, includes physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains or …

Since the concept and operational definition of “cognitive frailty”(simultaneous presence of
physical frailty and cognitive impairment without concurrent dementia) were proposed by the …

Background and Purpose: Frailty has been recognized as a medical syndrome
characterized by decreased physiological reserve and vulnerability to poor resolution of …

Objectives There is a recent consensus proposal of “cognitive frailty” defined by the
presence of both physical frailty and cognitive impairment in the absence of dementia. The …