Cumulative Deficits Frailty Index Predicts Outcomes for Solid Organ Transplant Candidates

Cumulative Deficits Frailty Index Predicts Outcomes for Solid Organ Transplant Candidates

Background. Despite comprehensive multidisciplinary candidacy assessments to determine appropriateness for solid organ transplantation, limitations persist in identifying candidates at risk of adverse outcomes. Frailty measures may help inform candidacy evaluation. Our main objective was to create a...

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Main Authors: Rhea A. Varughese, MD, Olga Theou, PhD, Yanhong Li, MSc, Xiaojin Huang, RN-MN, Noori Chowdhury, MPH, Olusegun Famure, MPH, MEd, Nazia Selzner, MD, PhD, Jane MacIver, RN-NP, PhD, Sunita Mathur, PhD, S. Joseph Kim, MD, PhD, Kenneth Rockwood, MD, Lianne G. Singer, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-03-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001094

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