Exploring fraity and sarcopenia in older adults admitted to acute medical unit, looking at prevalence, trajectory, and outcomes: A protocol testing the feasibility and acceptability of the TYSON study

Vicky Kamwa; Thomas Jackson; Zaki Hassan-Smith; Elizabeth Sapey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293650

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Exploring fraity and sarcopenia in older adults admitted to acute medical unit, looking at prevalence, trajectory, and outcomes: A protocol testing the feasibility and acceptability of the TYSON study

Vicky Kamwa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vicky Kamwa, Elizabeth Sapey

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: v.kamwa@bham.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Acute Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2145-4469

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Thomas Jackson ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ TJ and ZHS also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Acute Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, Department of Geriatrics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Zaki Hassan-Smith ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ TJ and ZHS also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Acute Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Sapey

Contributed equally to this work with: Vicky Kamwa, Elizabeth Sapey

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Acute Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Exploring fraity and sarcopenia in older adults admitted to acute medical unit, looking at prevalence, trajectory, and outcomes: A protocol testing the feasibility and acceptability of the TYSON study

Vicky Kamwa,
Thomas Jackson,
Zaki Hassan-Smith,
Elizabeth Sapey

Published: November 3, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293650

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