Liver Frailty Index for Prediction of Short-Term Rehospitalization in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Liver Frailty Index for Prediction of Short-Term Rehospitalization in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Background: Stratifying patients with liver cirrhosis for risk of rehospitalization is chal-lenging with established scoring systems for chronic liver disease. Frailty captures the physical characteristics of patients with cirrhosis. Its value for predicting short-term rehospitalizations in hospital...

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Main Authors: Gairing, S.J (Author), Galle, P.R (Author), Hilscher, M. (Author), Kaps, L. (Author), Kremer, W.M (Author), Labenz, C. (Author), Lukac, L. (Author), Michel, M. (Author), Nagel, M. (Author), Schattenberg, J.M (Author), Wörns, M.-A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
Subjects:
complications of cirrhosis
end-stage liver disease
extrahepatic features of chronic liver disease
functional decline
point-of-care diagnostic
sarcopenia
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