Frailty predicts waitlist mortality in liver transplant candidates

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1870-1879

  Lai, J C ^a   Feng, S ^a   Terrault, N A ^a   Lizaola, B ^a   Hayssen, H ^a   Covinsky, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; disability; functional status; sarcopenia; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRIED FRAILTY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; DISABLED PERSON; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABLED PERSONS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84904638318     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12762     Document Type: Article

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