Frailty and Multimorbidity

interpret aspects of patient-centered care as they apply to cases encountered in clinical practice
discuss the impact of multimorbidity, polypharmacy and treatment burden on both individuals and society

Define what we mean by frailty…
Is frailty common? What is it associated with?
Look at this diagram showing us how our functional abilities can vary as humans…
Look at the number of people living with frailty…
Here are some examples of frailty…
Which factors can increase your risk of falls?
Let’s go back to our previous patient. Here are their examination signs…
How was our patient managed?
What is our conclusion from this case?
Now, here’s the case of an 81 year old woman…
Which medications was this woman on?
Look at the normal distribution of comorbidities in a clinical trial for drugs…
So, which medications were the problem here…
Look how your risk of AKI increases with the drugs you take…
Look which one of her medications made her at greater risk of falling…
Which drug could lead to hypoglycaemia?