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 ... . 5 Mildly Frail ... heavy housework, medications
STOPPFrail screening tool for deprescribing medications in frail older adults with poor survival prognosis. 

#STOPPFrail #Deprescribing
deprescribing medications ... in frail older ... Tool #Checklist #Medications
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 ... 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
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
each selected medication ... Anticholinergic medications ... Deprescribing #Medications
Abbreviated Beers List of Medications to Avoid in the Elderly

The Beers List, which was updated in
Beers List of Medications ... List includes 48 medications ... which certain medications ... high-severity medications ... #Geriatrics #Medications
The Cumulative Deficit Frailty Model

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty #Model #Cumulative #Deficit
Cumulative Deficit Frailty ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty
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
Deprescribing algorithm for proton pump inhibitors

To support clinicians in employing the recommendations outlined in the guideline,
life changes, medications
The Golden Gate Bridge is presented as a visual metaphor for different constructs of frailty
#Geriatrics #Frailty
constructs of frailty ... #Geriatrics #Frailty