Frailty criteria

Shrinking (weight loss)	>10 pound weight loss during previous year
Weakness (grip strength)	Lowest 20th percentile measured by hand-held dynamometer
Exhaustion	Feeling "I can't get going" or "everything is an effort" 3 or more days per week
Activity level	Kilocalorie expenditure less than 20th percentile for gender
Walking speed	Lowest 20th percentile walking 15 feet at normal pace

Each criteria is scored with a 0 or a 1. Intermediately frail was defined by meeting two or three criteria, while frail patients were defined by meeting four or five frailty criteria.

Source: Makary MA, Segev DL, Pronovost PJ, et al. Frailty as a predictor of surgical outcomes in older patients. J Am Coll Surg 2010; 210:901.

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