frail elderly - CISMeF

Preferred Label : frail elderly;

MeSH definition : Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible to disease or to other infirmity.;

MeSH synonym : frail elder; elders, frail; elderly, frail; frail elders; elder, frail;

MeSH hyponym : Functionally-Impaired elderly; frail older adults; Elderly, Functionally-Impaired; Functionally Impaired Elderly; Adult, Frail Older; Adults, Frail Older; Frail Older Adult; Older Adult, Frail; Older Adults, Frail;

MeSH annotation : check the tags AGED or AGED, 80 AND OVER;

Details

Origin ID

D016330;

UMLS CUI

C0079377;

Allowable qualifiers
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ageing associated decline in intrinsic capacity [ICD-11 Category]
- Frail elderly (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- frail elderly [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- elderly [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- Functionally-Impaired elderly [MeSH concept]
- frail elderly [MeSH concept]
- frail older adults [MeSH concept]
See also
- Bedridden Persons [MeSH Descriptor]
- health services for the aged [MeSH Descriptor]
- homebound persons [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Frailty [MeSH Descriptor]
- vulnerable populations [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Age Group [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Frail elderly (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]

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