THE FEASIBILITY OF ASSESSING FRAILTY AND SARCOPENIA IN HOSPITALISED OLDER PEOPLE: A COMPARISON OF COMMONLY USED TOOLS

The feasibility of assessing frailty and sarcopenia in hospitalised older people: a comparison of commonly used tools

Abstract Background Frailty and sarcopenia are common amongst hospitalised older people and associated with poor healthcare outcomes.Widely recognised tools for their identification are the Fried Frailty Phenotype, its self-report version the FRAIL Scale, and the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) criteria.We studied the

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Membrane-like structure in the urinary bladder neck of a young cat: diagnosis and treatment using balloon dilatation and a balloon-expandable metallic stent

Case summary A 33-month-old, spayed female domestic shorthair cat was referred to the Animal Health Trust for the investigation of urinary incontinence and straining to urinate.A membrane-like structure was detected in the bladder neck, which caused partial obstruction of the urinary bladder.A combination of different imaging techniques, including

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Ethics for medical educators: An overview and fallacies

Ethics is the rule of right conduct or practice in a profession.The basic principles of ethics are beneficence, justice and autonomy or individual freedom.There is very minor demarcation between ethics and the law.The ethics is promulgated by the professional bodies.All are expected to guide the medical professional in their practice.Medical educat

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