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Linda P. Fried
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 504
Citations - 89227
Linda P. Fried is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 132, co-authored 487 publications receiving 79115 citations. Previous affiliations of Linda P. Fried include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & Wake Forest University.
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Frailty in Older Adults Evidence for a Phenotype
Linda P. Fried,Catherine M. Tangen,Jeremy D. Walston,Anne B. Newman,Calvin H. Hirsch,John S. Gottdiener,Teresa E. Seeman,Russell P. Tracy,Willem J. Kop,B Gregory Burke,Mary Ann McBurnie +10 more
TL;DR: This study provides a potential standardized definition for frailty in community-dwelling older adults and offers concurrent and predictive validity for the definition, and finds that there is an intermediate stage identifying those at high risk of frailty.
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The cardiovascular health study: Design and rationale
Linda P. Fried,Nemat O. Borhani,Paul L. Enright,Curt D. Furberg,Julius M. Gardin,Richard A. Kronmal,Lewis H. Kuller,Teri A. Manolio,Maurice B. Mittelmark,Anne B. Newman,Daniel H. O'Leary,Bruce M. Psaty,Pentti M. Rautaharju,Russell P. Tracy,Philip G. Weiler +14 more
TL;DR: These examinations in CHS permit evaluation of CVD risk factors in older adults, particularly in groups previously under-represented in epidemiologic studies, such as women and the very old.
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Untangling the Concepts of Disability, Frailty, and Comorbidity: Implications for Improved Targeting and Care
TL;DR: A narrative review of current understanding of the definitions and distinguishing characteristics of each of these conditions, including their clinical relevance and distinct prevention and therapeutic issues, and how they are related is provided.
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Frailty Consensus: A Call to Action
John E. Morley,Bruno Vellas,G. Abellan Van Kan,Stefan D. Anker,Juergen M. Bauer,Roberto Bernabei,Matteo Cesari,Wm. Cameron Chumlea,Wolfram Doehner,Jonathan Evans,Linda P. Fried,Jack M. Guralnik,Paul R. Katz,Theodore K. Malmstrom,Roger McCarter,Luis Miguel Francisco Gutierrez Robledo,Kenneth Rockwood,Stephan von Haehling,Maurits Vandewoude,Jeremy D. Walston +19 more
TL;DR: For the purposes of optimally managing individuals with physical frailty, all persons older than 70 years and all individuals with significant weight loss (>5%) due to chronic disease should be screened for frailty.
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Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases: implications for pay for performance.
TL;DR: It is suggested that adhering to current CPGs in caring for an older person with several comorbidities may have undesirable effects and could create perverse incentives that emphasize the wrong aspects of care for this population and diminish the quality of their care.