Open AccessPerceptions and Practices Regarding Frailty in Kidney Transplantation: Results of a National Survey
Author(s) -
Mara McAdamsDeMarco,
Sarah E. Van Pilsum Rasmussen,
Nadia M. Chu,
Dayawa D. Agoons,
Ronald F. Parsons,
Tarek Alhamad,
Kirsten L. Johansen,
Stefan G. Tullius,
Raymond Lynch,
Meera N. Harhay,
Maya K. Rao,
Joseph Berger,
Matthew Cooper,
Jane C. Tan,
Xingxing S. Cheng,
Kenneth J. Woodside,
Sandesh Parajuli,
Krista L. Lentine,
Bruce Kaplan,
Dorry L. Segev,
J.A. Kobashigawa,
Darshana Dadhania
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002779
Subject(s) - candidacy , medicine , gerontology , transplantation , stressor , medline , clinical psychology , politics , political science , law
Given the potential utility of frailty, a clinical phenotype of decreased physiologic reserve and resistance to stressors, to predict postkidney transplant (KT) outcomes, we sought to understand the perceptions and practices regarding frailty measurement in US KT programs.