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Prevalence and assessment of frailty in interstitial lung disease - a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Chronic respiratory disease - 1 Jan 2000
Weber Angela, Müller Ilena, Büchi Annina E, Guler Sabina A
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BACKGROUND: Frailty is a multisystem dysregulation that challenges homeostasis and increases vulnerability towards stressors. In patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) frailty is associated with poorer lung function, greater physical impairment, and higher symptom burden. Our understanding of the prevalence of frailty in ILD and consequently its impact on the ILD population is limited. OBJECTIVE AND...
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