Frailty and patient-reported outcomes in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: are they independent entities?

INTRODUCTION: There is a hypothesis that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an accelerated ageing disease. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterised by physical, psychological and social vulnerability, thought to be a feature of ageing. The authors aimed to explore the relationship...

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Autores principales: Kusunose, Masaaki, Oga, Toru, Nakamura, Saya, Hasegawa, Yoshinori, Nishimura, Koichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28883929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000196

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28883929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000196

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