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Frailty in kidney transplant candidates: a comparison between physical frailty phenotype and FRAIL scales.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Sept 2022
Pérez-Sáez María José, Dávalos-Yerovi Vanesa, Redondo-Pachón Dolores, Arias-Cabrales Carlos E, Faura Anna, Bach Anna, Buxeda Anna, Burballa Carla, Junyent Ernestina, Nogués Xavier, Crespo Marta, Marco Ester, Rodríguez-Mañas Leocadio, Pascual Julio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Frailty is common among advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients who are kidney transplant (KT) candidates, and predisposes to poor outcomes after transplantation. However, frailty is not routinely measured during pretransplant work-up and it is unknown which metric should be used in this specific population. Our aim was to establish frailty prevalence in KT candidates according to different...
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