Cargando…

Physical Frailty in COPD Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of physical frailty and its clinical characteristics in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unknown, as well as the usefulness of functional capacity tests to screen for physical frailty. The aim of the study was to evaluate the proportion and clinical...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gephine, Sarah, Mucci, Patrick, Grosbois, Jean-Marie, Maltais, François, Saey, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8144849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34045852
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S295885