Sarcopenia HIBA score predicts sarcopenia and mortality in patients on the liver transplant waiting list
Abstract Sarcopenia is a prevalent condition that predicts prognosis in patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT). The gold standard for the diagnosis of sarcopenia is the assessment of the muscular area at L3 with computed tomography (CT) scan (skeletal muscle index [SMI]), but the routine use o...
Main Authors: | Ezequiel Mauro, Juan Manuel Diaz, Lucrecia Garcia‐Olveira, Juan Carlos Spina, Lorena Savluk, Fernanda Zalazar, Julia Saidman, Martin De Santibañes, Juan Pekolj, Eduardo De Santibañes, Gonzalo Crespo, Juan G. Abraldes, Adrían Gadano |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2022-07-01
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Series: | Hepatology Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1919 |
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