Prevalence of Frailty in Patients Referred to the Kidney Transplant Waitlist.

George Worthen Vinson A JHéloise CardinalSteve DoucetteNessa Gogan Lakshman GunaratnamTammy Keough-RyanBryce A KiberdBhanu PrasadKenneth RockwoodLaura SillsRita S Suri Navdeep Tangri Michael WalshKenneth WestSeychelle Yohanna Karthik Kannan Tennankore

Published in: Kidney360 (2021)

Frailty prevalence varies by the measurement tool used, and agreement between these measurements is fair to moderate. This has implications for determining the optimal frailty screening tool for use in those being evaluated for kidney transplant.

Keyphrases

risk factors
end stage renal disease
community dwelling
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors