Frailty in kidney transplant candidates: a comparison between physical frailty phenotype and FRAIL scales.
María José Pérez-SáezVanesa Dávalos-YeroviMaria Dolores Redondo PachonCarlos E Arias-CabralesAnna FauraAnna BachAnna BuxedaCarla BurballaErnestina JunyentXavier Nogues Y SolansMarta CrespoEster MarcoLeocadio Rodríguez-MañasJulio Pascualnull nullPublished in: Journal of nephrology (2022)
Frailty is frequent in advanced CKD patients, although its prevalence may vary according to different scales. Agreement between PFP and FRAIL scale is not good, and FRAIL scale might misclassify as robust patients those frail/prefrail patients who are in better health conditions.