With the emergence of diseases, people become frailer and are expected to be less tolerant
of adverse outcomes. Frailty was first described to explain the variability in life expectancy in …

Frailty is increasingly relevant for clinicians to improve care for vulnerable older adults.
Prominent frailty measures include the frailty phenotype and the frailty index. The frailty …

Introduction Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at high risk for
frailty and prone to complications after admission for an acute exacerbation. We aim to …

Background Observational studies have established a strong association between frailty
and obstructive lung diseases. However, the causal nature of this association remains …

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a key issue in the care of elderly patients. Patients with COPD are
more likely to be frail, with a prevalence of 57.8%. Frailty is associated with a low level of …

Purpose Assessment for frailty is important as it enables timely intervention to prevent or
delay poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aims of this …

Frailty is prevalent in older adults and is related to a worsening functionality, quality of life,
and health outcomes. Though there is an increasing interest in this field, the relationship …

There are currently no data on the relationship between frailty and mortality in pleural
disease. Understanding the relationship between frailty and outcomes is increasingly …

Frailty is an emerging global health burden, with major implications for clinical practice and
public health. The prevalence of frailty is expected to rise alongside rapid growth in the …

Background The exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is a
chronic, frequent, and life-threatening lung disease. In 2014, a frailty index (FI) based on …