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Frailty is common and strongly associated with dyspnoea severity in fibrotic interstitial lung disease

Kathryn M. Milne, Joanne Kwan, Sabina A. Guler, Tiffany A. Winstone, Angela Le, Nasreen Khalil, Pat G. Camp, Pearce Wilcox, Christopher J. Ryerson

Respirology · 2016 · 54 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

Frailty is highly prevalent and is strongly and independently associated with dyspnoea severity, demonstrating that dyspnoea is a more important determinant of frailty than pulmonary function.

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