Current Trends of Computational Tools in Geriatric Medicine and Frailty Management

Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2022 Jul 29;27(8):232. doi: 10.31083/j.fbl2708232.

Abstract

While frailty corresponds to a multisystem failure, geriatric assessment can recognize multiple pathophysiological lesions and age changes. Up to now, a few frailty indexes have been introduced, presenting definitions of psychological problems, dysregulations in nutritional intake, behavioral abnormalities, and daily functions, genetic, environmental, and cardiovascular comorbidities. The geriatric evaluation includes a vast range of health professionals; therefore, we describe a broad range of applications and frailty scales-biomarkers to investigate and formulate the relationship between frailty lesions, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment. Additionally, artificial intelligence applications and computational tools are presented, targeting a more efficacy individualized geriatric management of healthy aging.

Keywords: aging; artificial intelligence; bioinformatics; brain-computer interface; dementia; expert systems; frailty; geriatrics.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Frail Elderly
  • Frailty* / diagnosis
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Geriatrics*
  • Humans