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A Frailty Assessment Tool to Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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 deficits in commonly used laboratory tests (FI-Lab) was suggested to identify older adults at increased risk of death. OBJE...

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Autores principales: Gu, Jin-Jin, Liu, Qiang, Zheng, Li-Jie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8068494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33907395
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S300980