Journal article
Prevalence and prognostic impact of physical frailty in interstitial lung disease: A prospective cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Physical frailty is associated with increased mortality and hospitalizations in older adults. We describe the prevalence of physical frailty and its prognostic impact in patients with a spectrum of fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD).
METHODS: Patients with fibrotic ILD at the McMaster University ILD programme were prospectively followed up from November 2015 to March 2020. Baseline data were used to classify …
Authors
Farooqi MAM; O'Hoski S; Goodwin S; Makhdami N; Aziz A; Cox G; Wald J; Ryerson CJ; Beauchamp MK; Hambly N
Journal
Respirology, Vol. 26, No. 7, pp. 683–689
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 2021
DOI
10.1111/resp.14066
ISSN
1323-7799