Association of Self-Reported Frailty with Falls and Fractures among Patients New to Dialysis.

CONCLUSION: Participants reporting frailty experienced nearly twice the risk of medically urgent falls or fractures compared to those who did not report frailty.
PMID: 26381744 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Nephrology - September 19, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Delgado C, Shieh S, Grimes B, Chertow GM, Dalrymple LS, Kaysen GA, Kornak J, Johansen KL Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research