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Frailty: A global measure of the multisystem impact of COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multisystem disease that resembles the accumulation of multiple impairments seen in aging. A comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) captures multisystem deficits, from which a frailty index (FI) can be derived. We hypothesized that patients with CO...

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Autores principales: Gale, Nichola S, Albarrati, Ali M, Munnery, Margaret M, Hubbard, Ruth E, Tal-Singer, Ruth, Cockcroft, John R, Shale, Dennis J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29334783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479972317752763