Frailty and liver transplant eligibility beyond MELD scores: integrating functional status into candidate selection

Abstract Background The MELD score, while central to liver transplant prioritization, fails to capture frailty, an important predictor of transplant eligibility and outcomes. Aim To assess the impact of frailty on transplant eligibility and compare its predictive accuracy to MELD-Na. Methods We pros...

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Glavni autori:	Maha Elsabaawy, Sameh Afify, Warda Othman, Amr Ragab
Format:	Artigo
Jezik:	Inglês
Izdano:	BMC 2025-10-01
Serija:	BMC Gastroenterology
Teme:	Liver transplantation Frailty Clinical frailty scale MELD Transplant eligibility
Online pristup:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-025-04333-9
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