Metabolic and nutritional approach to older frail people

Frailty is a common clinical syndrome in older adults that carries an increased risk for poor health outcomes including falls, incident disability, hospitalization, and mortality. It is characterized by multisystem dysregulations, leading to a loss of dynamic homeostasis, decreased physiologic reser...

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Main Authors: Stefano Volpato, Giovanni Zuliani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-09-01
Series:Geriatric Care
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/gc/article/view/7056