Managing frailty in patients with acute or chronic lung disorders
Symposium Chairs: A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Aims: To define frailty and its association with various chronic and acute lung disease; to determine the biology underlying frailty in humans and animals; to describe a clear rationale for early mobilisation/rehabilitation in frail patients; and to evaluate rehabilitative interventions to reverse frailty.