Effectiveness of the frailty index in predicting recurrent pneumonia and death in long-term hospitalized patients with vascular cognitive impairment
Frailty defined by the FI was effective for predicting the risk of mortality but not that of recurrent pneumonia in long-term hospitalized VCI patients aged 50 or older.
Authors
- Yanwu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4832-2987)
- Lanlan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-5592)
- Youguo Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4892-3758)
- Meiling Ge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2556-4518)
- Xiaohong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9797-8384)
- Libing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6136-544X)
- Rong Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4022-0545)
- Sha Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0343-3210)
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Zigong First People's Hospital (CN)
- Sichuan University of Science and Engineering (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Experimental Gerontology
- Published
- 2024-09-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2024.112576
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69
Funders
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation