A prospective national cohort study of patients with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax assessing the impact of frailty at diagnosis on mortality and admission to hospital
Frailty status at diagnosis was an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with SSP. This demonstrates the importance of assessing frailty status to enable clinicians to provide optimised care and make informed decisions about management of patients with SSP.
Authors
- Steven Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1713-5484)
- Eleanor Barton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0381-810X)
- Roxanna Short (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1887-637X)
- Ben Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0318-8865)
- Jonathan Hewitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7924-1792)
- Alessia Verduri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7081-9383)
- Nick Maskell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1276-6500)
Institutions
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena (IT)
- Cardiff University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ERJ Open Research
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00316-2025
- Primary Topic
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wellcome Trust