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Frailty is the age‐related accumulation of deficits that decrease the ability to respond to biological stress. Patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) may be frail due to consequences of… Click to show full abstract
Frailty is the age‐related accumulation of deficits that decrease the ability to respond to biological stress. Patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) may be frail due to consequences of ILD, age, co‐morbidities and adverse effects of pharmacotherapies. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence and predictors of frailty in fibrotic ILD.
Keywords:
interstitial lung;
frailty;
lung disease;
fibrotic interstitial
Journal Title: Respirology
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Respirology
Year Published: 2017
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