The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has launched a two-part guidance on the recognition and management of older patients with frailty in community and outpatient settings. Called ‘Fit for Frailty’, it has been produced in association with the Royal...
Cesari M, Fielding RA, Pahor M, et al. J Frailty Aging 2012;1:102-10 Publication date: September 1, 2012 Summary In this consensus document, the International Working Group on Sarcopenia discusses the current state of the art in the development of biomarkers to be...
Morley JE, Vellas B, Abellan van Kan G, et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2013;14:392-7 In previous consensus conferences on frailty, significant strides were made and it was agreed that frailty is a clinical disorder rather than a disability, that it is associated with...
Kelaiditi E, Cesari M, Canevelli M, et al. J Nutr Health Aging 2013;17:726-34 Publication date: November 1, 2013 The frailty syndrome has recently attracted attention of the scientific community and public health organizations as precursor and contributor of...
Rodríguez-Mañas L, Féart C, Mann G, et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2013;68:62-7 Frailty as a concept has gained importance in recent years due to the need to better understand the health and quality of life of the elderly and the need to address diseases and...
Fielding RA, Vellas B, Evans WJ, et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2011;12:249-56 A meeting of the International Working Group on Sarcopenia, a group of scientists and geriatricians, was convened on November 18, 2009, in Rome, Italy, with the objective to develop a consensus...
Fearon K, Strasser F, Anker SD, et al. Lancet Oncol 2011;12:489-95 The authors used a formal consensus process to develop a definition, diagnostic criteria, and classification system specific to cancer cachexia. Cancer cachexia is defined as a multifactorial syndrome...
Evans WJ, Morley JE, Argiles J, et al. Clin Nutr 2008;27:793-9 The lack of a universally agreed upon operational definition of cachexia has limited identification and treatment of cachectic patient as well as the development and approval of potential therapeutic...
Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Baeyens JP, Bauer JM, et al. Age Ageing 2010;39:412-23 The authors report the results of a meeting of the International Working Group on Sarcopenia held on June 7-8, 2011 in Toulouse, France. The currently available biomarkers that could be utilized...
