Frailty in pulmonary and critical care medicine

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1394-1404

  Singer, Jonathan P ^a   Lederer, David J ^b   Baldwin, Matthew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Disability; Frailty; Health related quality of life; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FRAILTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPLICATION; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FRAILTY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 85012872504     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201512-833FR     Document Type: Review

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