Transplant centers that assess frailty as part of clinical practice have better outcomes
Abstract Background Frailty predicts adverse post-kidney transplant (KT) outcomes, yet the impact of frailty assessment on center-level outcomes remains unclear. We sought to test whether transplant centers assessing frailty as part of clinical practice have better pre- and post-KT outcomes in all a...
Main Authors: | Xiaomeng Chen, Yi Liu, Valerie Thompson, Nadia M. Chu, Elizabeth A. King, Jeremy D. Walston, Jon A. Kobashigawa, Darshana M. Dadhania, Dorry L. Segev, Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-01-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02777-2 |
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