Sarcopenia and frailty are geriatric syndromes characterized by multisystem decline, which
are related to and reflected by markers of skeletal muscle dysfunction. In older people …

Background Readmission rates following hospitalisation for COPD exacerbations are
unacceptably high, and the contributing factors are poorly understood. Our objective was to …

Background Frailty is an important clinical syndrome that is consistently associated with
adverse outcomes in older people. The relevance of frailty to chronic respiratory disease …

Frailty is a functional status that precedes disability and is characterized by decreased
functional reserve and increased vulnerability. In addition to disability, the frailty phenotype …

Of those patients hospitalized for an exacerbation of COPD, one in five will require
rehospitalization within 30 days. Many developed countries are now implementing policies …

Background Conventional measures to evaluate COPD may fail to capture systemic
problems, particularly musculoskeletal weakness and cardiovascular disease. Identifying …

Introduction The impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) pandemic and associated “lockdown” measures on acute exacerbations of chronic …

Objectives: Frailty is a known risk factor for major life-threatening liver transplant
complications, deaths, and waitlist attrition. Whether frailty indicates risk for adverse …

More than a third of patients hospitalised for acute exacerbation of COPD are readmitted to
hospital within 90 days. Healthcare professionals and service providers are expected to …

Gait velocity and stride length are critical health indicators for older adults. A decade of
medical research shows that they provide a predictor of future falls, hospitalization, and …