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

doi:10.1164/rccm.207i11P5

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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	P5-P6
Journal	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Volume	207
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.207i11P5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2023

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