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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