Pre-Stroke Frailty and Stroke Severity in Elderly Patients with Acute Stroke

Frailty is a major problem in super-aged societies. Because frailty assessments are largely unstudied in acute stroke settings, few reports have evaluated the association between pre-stroke frailty and stroke severity. The aim of this study was to determine the association between pre-stroke frailty and stroke severity in elderly patients with acute stroke.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 5, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Masashi Kanai, Madoka Noguchi, Hiroki Kubo, Masafumi Nozoe, Tamami Kitano, Kazuhiro P. Izawa, Kyoshi Mase, Shinichi Shimada Source Type: research