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 …

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

Frailty increases vulnerability to adverse outcomes. Long-term conditions increase the risk of
frailty. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, EMBASE from …

This systematic review synthesised measurement and prevalence of frailty in COPD and
associations between frailty and adverse health outcomes. We searched Medline, Embase …

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

Background Frailty, a state of reduced physiological reserve, is common in people with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Frailty can occur at any age; however, the …

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 …

Background Frailty is a complex clinical syndrome associated with vulnerability to adverse
health outcomes. While frailty is thought to be common in chronic obstructive pulmonary …

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 …

Background Frail patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face a higher
risk of adverse outcomes, but there is no clear consensus on which frailty measures are …