Effectiveness of the frailty index in predicting recurrent pneumonia and death in long-term hospitalized patients with vascular cognitive impairment

Objective: The aim was to predict the effectiveness of using frailty, defined by the frailty index (FI), for predicting recurrent pneumonia and death in patients 50 years and older with vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) during long-term hospitalization. Measurements: This retrospective cohort stud...

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Published in:	Experimental Gerontology
Main Authors:	Rong Zheng, Sha Huang, Lanlan Chen, Libin Liu, Meiling Ge, Yanwu Yang, Youguo Tan, Xiaoyan Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-10-01
Subjects:	Frailty Frailty index Vascular cognitive impairment Recurrent pneumonia Mortality
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556524002225