Rockwood Kenneth, Bergman Howard
Department of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology), Dalhousie University and Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, NS;
Can Geriatr J. 2012 Jun;15(2):31-6. doi: 10.5770/cgj.15.35. Epub 2012 Jul 3.
Frailty represents a growing challenge to modern health-care systems. This paper reports on a conference on frailty held in Athens in January 2012. Papers from 11 groups, including those of the authors, were presented and discussed over two days. Several approaches to frailty and its operationalization (including biomarkers) and to social vulnerability were discussed. The search programs that incorporate multiple measures and allows them to be tested were encouraged.
衰弱对现代医疗保健系统构成了日益严峻的挑战。本文报道了2012年1月在雅典举行的一次关于衰弱的会议。包括作者在内的11个小组的论文在两天内进行了展示和讨论。会议讨论了几种针对衰弱及其操作化（包括生物标志物）以及社会脆弱性的方法。鼓励采用纳入多种测量方法并能对其进行测试的搜索程序。
