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Incorporation of frailty estimated by gait speed within MELD-Na and the predictive potential for mortality in cirrhosis
BACKGROUND: The 5 m gait speed (5MGS), a simple and reliable performance metric and surrogate indicator of frailty, consistently predicts adverse events in elders. Additionally, MELD-Na (model for end-stage liver disease-sodium) scores fail to capture nutritional and functional decline of cirrhotic...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7238306/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32489574 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622320922023 |