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

Christine E. Haugen | Zendy; Mara McAdamsDeMarco | Zendy; Elizabeth C. Verna | Zendy; Robert S. Rahimi | Zendy; Matthew R. Kappus | Zendy; Michael A. Dunn | Zendy; Michael L. Volk | Zendy; Ahmet Gürakar | Zendy; Andrés DuarteRojo | Zendy; Daniel Ganger | Zendy; Jacqueline G. O’Leary | Zendy; Daniela P. Ladner | Zendy; Jacqueline GaronzikWang | Zendy; Dorry L. Segev | Zendy; Jennifer C. Lai | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Christine E. Haugen,

Mara McAdamsDeMarco,

Elizabeth C. Verna,

Robert S. Rahimi,

Matthew R. Kappus,

Michael A. Dunn,

Michael L. Volk,

Ahmet Gürakar,

Andrés DuarteRojo,

Daniel Ganger,

Jacqueline G. O’Leary,

Daniela P. Ladner,

Jacqueline GaronzikWang,

Dorry L. Segev,

Jennifer C. Lai

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2845

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , frailty index , association (psychology) , liver transplantation , gerontology , transplantation , philosophy , epistemology

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 transplant candidates of all BMI measurements.

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