Contents

Search

morbidity

In reference to: 1) a diseased state 2) complications resulting from treatment or a clinical procedure Notes: - gait speed is the single best predictor of morbidity. institutionalization & disablity in the elderly

Related

mortality

Specific

multiple medical problems; multimorbidity (MMP)

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
  3. Studenski S et al. Gait speed and survival in older adults. JAMA 2011 Jan 5; 305:50. PMID: 21205966