[EN] The purpose of this study was to evaluate texture-based muscle ultrasound image analysis for the assessment and risk prediction of frailty phenotype. This retrospective study of prospectively acquired data included ...
Blanes Selva, Vicent(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-12-30)
[ES] Los Cuidados Paliativos (PC) son cuidados médicos especializados cuyo objetivo esmejorar la calidad de vida de los pacientes con enfermedades graves. Históricamente,se han aplicado a los pacientes en fase terminal, ...
[EN] Palliative care (PC) has demonstrated benefits for life-limiting illnesses. Bad survival prognosis and patients' decline are working criteria to guide PC decision-making for older patients. Still, there is not a clear ...
[EN] Due to the ageing of the world population, a better functional capacity for the elderly is needed. Hence the importance of detecting people at risk of frailty, dependence and death to fulfil an individualized approach. ...
Martínez Fajardo, Cristian(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-07-06)
[ES] La fragilidad según la definición aportada por Linda Fried es "un estado fisiológico caracterizado por un aumento de la vulnerabilidad a las agresiones externas, como resultado de una disminución o desregulación de ...
Summers, Mathew J.; Rainero, Innocenzo; Vercelli, Alessandro E.; Aumayr, Georg Aumayr; De Rosario Martínez, Helios; Mönter, Michaela; Kawashima, Ryuta(Elsevier, 2018-07-09)
[EN] Introduction
Frailty increases the risk of poor health outcomes, disability, hospitalization, and death in older adults and affects 7%¿12% of the aging population. Secondary impacts of frailty on psychological health ...