Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8586141 | Revista Científica de la Sociedad Española de Enfermería Neurológica | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Most of the elderly with a history of CVD were frail. According to the phenotypic theory, frailty is a state that precedes total dependence. The diagnosis and management of frailty may help to prevent adverse events that precipitate the institutionalisation of the elderly with CVD.
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Authors
Leonel São Romão Preto, Maria do Carmo Dias Conceição, Simone Isabel Soeiro Amaral, Telma Martins Figueiredo, Antonio Ramos Sánchez, Ana Sofia Fernandes-Ribeiro,