Frailty is likely to be one of the underlying processes that leads to the clinical manifestations of geriatric syndromes in patients with CKD. Frailty is not synonymous for aging and could be a ...
Dr David Ward, a research fellow in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Queensland, in Australia, defines frailty as a health state “reflecting how people are ageing”.
What’s called “frailty syndrome” — a weakened immune system ... re getting into when they’re making decisions for their geriatric dogs’ care,” Melvin says. “One 10-year-old ...