Frailty and Sarcopenia in Older Patients Receiving Kidney Transplantation

Frailty and Sarcopenia in Older Patients Receiving Kidney Transplantation

Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for most of the patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). It improves quality of life, life expectancy, and has a lower financial burden to the healthcare system in comparison to dialysis. Every year more and more older patients are included in t...

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Main Authors: Ilaria Gandolfini, Giuseppe Regolisti, Alberto Bazzocchi, Umberto Maggiore, Alessandra Palmisano, Giovanni Piotti, Enrico Fiaccadori, Alice Sabatino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
frailty
sarcopenia
kidney transplant
elderly
disability
malnutrition
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnut.2019.00169/full

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