The Severity of Acute Illness and Functional Trajectories in Hospitalized Older Medical Patients

Conclusions:
The severity of illnesses was strongly associated with adverse functional outcomes around hospitalization, but frailty, intended as functional vulnerability to the acute disease before hospitalization, was a stronger predictor of HAD than illness severity and age.

Source: Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences - December 13, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Fimognari, F. L., Pierantozzi, A., De Alfieri, W., Salani, B., Zuccaro, S. M., Arone, A., Palleschi, G., Palleschi, L. Tags: Research Article Source Type: research