What is frailty?

Lisa Jane Brighton, Suzanne Lareau, Matthew Maddocks, Christian Osadnik, Lies Lahousse, Annemarie Lee, Jennifer Allison, Jonathan Singer, Dmitry Rozenberg, William D.C. Man, Lauren Ferrante, Martijn A. Spruit, Chris Burtin, Samantha L. Harrison, Anand S. Iyer

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Abstract

Frailty is when a person has difficulty overcoming evensmall changes in their health. People with frailty oftenfind it harder to ‘bounce back’ from illness or injury.For example, a flare-up of someone’s lung diseasemay have a more serious and long-lasting impact ifthey are also living with frailty
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)P5-P6
JournalAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Volume207
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2023

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