The Importance of Frailty in Stroke and How to Measure It

Stroke. 2024 Sep 5. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048424. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (N.R.E.).
² Department of Stroke Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland (P.F.).
³ National Institute for Health and Social Care Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom (L.B.).
⁴ Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany (J.P.).
⁵ School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (T.J.Q.).

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Keywords: homeostasis; length of stay; patient discharge; quality of life; stroke.