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Ability of the Short Physical Performance Battery Frailty Index to Predict Mortality and Hospital Readmission in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.

Mervat Essam BehirySherif MogawerAhmed YamanyMaha RakhaRana AwadNahla EmadYasmine Abdelfatah
Published in: International journal of hepatology (2019)
SPPB could be a screening tool used to detect frailty and excelled over traditional scores as a predictor of death. A low SPPB frailty score among hospitalised patients with cirrhosis is associated with poor outcomes.
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