Physical frailty after liver transplantation

Frailty is prevalent in liver transplant candidates, but little is known of what happens to frailty after liver transplantation. We analyzed data for 214 adult liver transplant recipients who had ≥1 frailty assessment using the Liver Frailty Index (LFI) at 3‐ (n = 178), 6‐ (n = 139), or 12‐ (n = 107...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of transplantation 2018-08, Vol.18 (8), p.1986-1994
Hauptverfasser:	Lai, Jennifer C., Segev, Dorry L., McCulloch, Charles E., Covinsky, Kenneth E., Dodge, Jennifer L., Feng, Sandy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged clinical research/practice Cohort Studies comorbidities Comorbidity Data processing End Stage Liver Disease - surgery Female Follow-Up Studies Frailty Frailty - diagnosis Frailty - epidemiology geriatrics Humans Incidence Liver Liver transplantation Liver Transplantation - methods liver transplantation/hepatology Liver transplants Male Middle Aged nutrition patient characteristics Postoperative Complications Prognosis Quality of Life quality of life (QOL) rehabilitation Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Transplants & implants United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Frailty is prevalent in liver transplant candidates, but little is known of what happens to frailty after liver transplantation. We analyzed data for 214 adult liver transplant recipients who had ≥1 frailty assessment using the Liver Frailty Index (LFI) at 3‐ (n = 178), 6‐ (n = 139), or 12‐ (n = 107) months posttransplant (higher values=more frail). “Frail” and “robust” were defined as LFI ≥4.5 and
ISSN:	1600-6135 1600-6143
DOI:	10.1111/ajt.14675