The fragility.

Autor: Álvaro Da Silva González, Guillermo Da Silva Domingo
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Italian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: INFAD, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 13-32 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0214-9877
2603-5987
DOI: 10.17060/ijodaep.2017.n2.v1.1130
Popis: Fragility is an increase in the vulnerability to stressors of low intensity, produced by an alteration in multiple and interrelated systems, which leads to a decrease in the homeostatic reserve and the capacity of adaptation of the organism, which predisposes to adverse events affecting the funcionality. In Geriatrics we group the elderly in Healthy, Sick, Fragile and Geriatric Patient. A very powerful tool is used, which is the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment with the basic valuations: functional, Cognitive, social, and the complementary ones: Nutritional, affective, of the risk of falls, of the fragility, etc. It is very important to know the reversibility of the problem with a structured and multidisciplinary approach in terms of physical, nutritional, psychological intervention and pharmacological adjustment.
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