Frailty is a complex, multidimensional syndrome characterised by a loss of physiological
reserves that increases a person9s susceptibility to adverse health outcomes. Most …

Background. Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability to various health stressors but little
information is summarized about frailty in patients with specific chronic respiratory diseases …

Conceptualized first in the field of geriatrics, frailty is a syndrome characterized by a
generalized vulnerability to stressors resulting from an accumulation of physiologic deficits …

In recent years, frailty has attracted increasing attention from clinicians and health care
workers. The influence of frailty on the elderly, especially those with chronic diseases of the …

The overwhelming majority of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
have at least one coexisting medical condition often conceptualized as 'comorbidities' …

Frailty is the accumulation of biological deficits and dysfunctions that occur with age and
impairs homeostatic balance. Frailty is defined as a progressive age-related cumulative …

Background Frailty has been increasingly identified as a risk factor of adverse outcomes in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The prevalence and impact of frailty on …

The number of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been rising
with continued exposure to environmental risk factors and aging of populations around the …

Frailty is a clinical state of vulnerability to stressors resulting from cumulative alterations in
multiple physiological and molecular systems. Frailty assessment in patients with chronic …

Introduction There is a hypothesis that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an
accelerated ageing disease. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterised by physical …