"Frail Elderly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible to disease or to other infirmity.
Concept/Terms
Frail Elderly- Frail Elderly
- Elderly, Frail
- Frail Elders
- Elder, Frail
- Elders, Frail
- Frail Elder
Frail Older Adults- Frail Older Adults
- Adult, Frail Older
- Adults, Frail Older
- Frail Older Adult
- Older Adult, Frail
- Older Adults, Frail
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Frail Elderly".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Frail Elderly".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Frail Elderly" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1993 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1996 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1998 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
1999 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2001 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2003 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2007 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2008 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2010 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2012 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2013 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2014 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
2015 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
2016 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
2017 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
2018 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
2019 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
2020 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
2021 | 6 | 31 | 37 |
2022 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Profiles.
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Surgical prehabilitation in older and frail individuals: a scoping review. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2023 04 01; 61(2):34-46.
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Frailty and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Narrative Review. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2023 Apr; 25(4):249-259.
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Intraoperative electroencephalographic marker of preoperative frailty: A prospective cohort study. J Clin Anesth. 2023 Jun; 86:111069.
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Validity Properties of a Self-reported Modified Frailty Phenotype Among People With HIV in Clinical Care in the United States. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2023 Mar-Apr 01; 34(2):158-170.
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Using a Claims-Based Frailty Index to Investigate Frailty, Survival, and Healthcare Expenditures among Older Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19 at an Academic Medical Center. J Frailty Aging. 2023; 12(2):150-154.
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Developing a Parsimonious Frailty Index for Older, Multimorbid Adults With Heart Failure Using Machine Learning. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Mar 01; 190:75-81.
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The Effect of Low-Dose Aspirin on Frailty Phenotype and Frailty Index in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 10 06; 77(10):2007-2014.
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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Incidence of Pre-Frailty and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Adults 70+: The 3-Year DO-HEALTH Study. Nutrients. 2022 Oct 06; 14(19).
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Associations between drug and alcohol use, smoking, and frailty among people with HIV across the United States in the current era of antiretroviral treatment. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 11 01; 240:109649.
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Physical Activity and Risk of Frailty in U.S. Women 60 Yr and Older. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2023 02 01; 55(2):273-280.