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Older inpatients often present with a constellation of geriatric syndromes, but predicting who will decline is challenging. This study suggests that assessing multiple domains of intrinsic capacity might offer some predictive value, though the effect sizes ...

Assessing intrinsic capacity - the composite of physical and mental abilities - may be a better predictor of adverse outcomes in older adults than focusing on individual diseases. These findings suggest a move towards function-based geriatric assessments.