Giselle Falconi, MD @GFalconi
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Giselle is passionate about health care disparities, interprofessional education and culturally competent care. She is originally from Peru and is interested in pursuing a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine after residency. https://twitter.com/gfalconi_md
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Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Rockwood Clinical Frailty ... definition of frailty ... tools to assess frailty ... and not at high risk ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
A Model for Defining Frailty

Resiliency, Adaptive Capacity in Fit, Prefrail and Frail Patients

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty #Model
Model for Defining Frailty ... , Prefrail and Frail ... Patients #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Frailty
How to Measure Frailty in Your Patients - Clinical Frailty Scale

#Frailty #Measurement #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Scale
How to Measure Frailty ... Patients - Clinical Frailty ... Scale #Frailty ... #Measurement #Diagnosis
The Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders Intervention: Falls Risk Factor Assessment and
Intervention: Falls Risk ... Co‐management #Diagnosis ... #STRIDE #Fall #Risk
The Cumulative Deficit Frailty Model

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty #Model #Cumulative #Deficit
Cumulative Deficit Frailty ... Model #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Frailty
STOPPFrail screening tool for deprescribing medications in frail older adults with poor survival prognosis. 

#STOPPFrail #Deprescribing
medications in frail
Cycle of frailty

The impact of reduced activity can be huge as this Frailty Cycle suggests. So
Cycle of frailty ... be huge as this Frailty ... Keep Moving #frailty ... cycle #geriatrics #diagnosis
A priority in this project was to appropriately stratify participants into a low, medium, or high-intensity
Algorithm for Fall Risk ... Injuries,” (STEADI) #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Fall #Risk
"The majority of cases of acute mesenteric ischemia are the result of acute arterial occlusion resulting
Risk factors include ... SuperiorMesentericArtery #clinical #Diagnosis
Delirium Precipitants in the Elderly

I think of delirium like the AKI of the brain. Baseline risk
Baseline risk factors ... Elderly #Geriatrics #Diagnosis