Frailty assessments and changes in frailty over time in elderly veteran Kidney Transplant candidates: Effects on transplant evaluations

Background and hypothesis: Frailty has emerged as an important factor in the pre-transplant evaluation process as studies have shown that it is associated with increased waitlist mortality, lower rates of transplant listing, and higher rates of delisting. There have not been many studies on frailty...

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Published in:	Transplantation Reports
Main Authors:	Cassie Cederberg, Cara Joyce, Manpreet Samra, Anuradha Wadhwa, Rupunder Sodhi, Oswaldo Aguirre, Reynold I. Lopez-Soler
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-09-01
Subjects:	Frailty, Geriatrics Kidney transplant Transplant outcomes
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451959624000040