Leena R David, Wiam Elshami, Olanrewaju Lawal, Nitika Panakkal, Visakh T, Mohamed Abuzaid, Andrew England, Mark McEntee, T Somasundaram, Suresh Sukumar, Sneha Ravichandran, Meliz Yuvali
Evolving radiographic practice: Identifying possible skill requirements for future radiographers practicing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences
study investigated individuals chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd frailty likely acute exacerbations copd require hospitalization exacerbation without frailty data 135 outpatients stable copd analyzed cox proportional hazards model assess risk future events kihon checklist administered baseline classify participants robust prefrail frail followup period maximum six half years 76 patients 563 experienced exacerbation 46 341 hospitalized due multivariate cox proportional hazards analysis accounted fev1 sex showed frail group likely face future risks copd exacerbations hazard ratio 1762 95 ci 10113070 p0046 hospitalizations exacerbation 2238 10734667 p0032 robust group significant differences observed comparing robust patients prefrail prefrail frail either exacerbations hospitalizations comparing cindices frailty fev1 former index exacerbation 0591 hospitalization 0663 exceed latter 0663 0769 either analysis frail copd patients unfavorable future risk acute exacerbations copd hospitalizations exacerbation robust patients however significant differences observed comparing robust patients prefrail prefrail frail suggesting future risk copd patients frailty higher compared considered robust additionally fev1 found reliable predictor future events measures frailty