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ReviewChinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine2025

Advances in pathophysiology and assessment methods of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with frailty.

Xia Wang, Weiping Hu, Jing Zhang

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Review in Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Frailty in COPD: Clinical Impact, Diagnosis, Biomarkers, and Management Strategies.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025
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  4. Frailty and COPD: a bidirectional relationship in the context of systemic and accelerated ageing.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xia WangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Weiping HuDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frailty, a multidimensional syndrome characterized by decreased physiological reserves and vulnerability to stressors, presents significant challenges in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD and frailty share common risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, such as muscle wasting, chronic inflammation, and malnutrition. Both COPD and frailty lead to a significant reduction in patients' physical functionality and quality of life. Consequently, early screening for frailty and proactive interventions for patients with COPD are increasingly considered essential. There are several methods for screening and assessing frailty in patients with COPD, such as the Fried Frailty Phenotype and the Frailty Index, each with its own advantages and limitations. However, there is currently no unified standard, nor a method specifically tailored to the Chinese population. The treatment of patients with COPD and concurrent frailty currently favors exercise interventions, nutritional interventions, or a combination of both. Further treatment approaches, including pharmacological interventions, are still being explored. Therefore, the development of frailty screening and assessment tools tailored to the Chinese population, along with the exploration of reasonable and effective new intervention measures, represents a crucial direction in China's efforts to prevent and treat frailty.

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AssessmentChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseFrailtyRehabilitation

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PMID40226603
PMCPMC11993078

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