Quality of life in liver transplant candidates: Frailty is a better indicator than severity of liver disease

Transplantation

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 340-344

  Derck, Jordan Elizabeth ^a   Thelen, Angela E ^a   Cron, David C ^a   Friedman, Jeffrey F ^a   Gerebics, Ashley D ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Sonnenday, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAILTY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; WALKING SPEED; WEAKNESS; AGED; FATIGUE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84922926757     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000593     Document Type: Article

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