Administrative coding of frailty: Its association with clinical outcomes and resource use in kidney transplantation.
Saad MallickSara SakowitzSyed Shahyan BakhtiyarNikhil ChervuAlberto ValenzuelaShineui KimPeyman BenharashPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2023)
Frailty, as identified by administrative coding, is independently associated with worse surgical outcomes, including increased mortality and resource use, in adults undergoing KT. Given the already limited donor organ pool, novel efforts are needed to ensure adequate optimization and timely post-transplantation care of the growing frail cohort undergoing KT.