Association Between Liver Transplant Wait-list Mortality and Frailty Based on Body Mass Index

IMPORTANCE: Among liver transplant candidates, obesity and frailty are associated with increased risk of death while they are on the wait-list. However, use of body mass index (BMI) may not detect candidates at a higher risk of death owing to the fact that ascites and muscle wasting are seen across...

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Vydáno v:JAMA Surg
Hlavní autoři: Haugen, Christine E., McAdams-DeMarco, Mara, Verna, Elizabeth C., Rahimi, Robert S., Kappus, Matthew R., Dunn, Michael A., Volk, Michael L., Gurakar, Ahmet, Duarte-Rojo, Andres, Ganger, Daniel R., O’Leary, Jacqueline G., Ladner, Daniela, Garonzik-Wang, Jacqueline, Segev, Dorry L., Lai, Jennifer C.
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: American Medical Association 2019
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Original Investigation
On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739734/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31509169
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2845
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