Karnofsky Performance Score—Failure to Thrive as a Frailty Proxy?

Background. Among patients listed for kidney transplantation, the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) Scale has been used as a proxy for frailty and proposed as a predictor of long-term posttransplant outcomes. The KPS is required by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for all transplan...

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Main Authors: Margaret R. Stedman, PhD, MPH, Daniel J. Watford, MD, MPH, Glenn M. Chertow, MD, MPH, Jane C. Tan, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-07-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001164