Abstract

Considering the tendency for the increasing number of elderly people, the problem of improving life quality of this category of population become more relevant. Senile asthenia (“frailty”) is one of the key clinical conditions that is currently the most common and age-associated (geriatric syndromes) one leading to loss of autonomy, increased hospitalization, as well as to disability and mortality in elderly people. The article reviews domestic and foreign literature data on issues related to the peculiarities of this condition, tactics of managing patients with SAS, as well as existing measures to prevent the development and progression of “frailty” in elderly patients.

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