Journal article
Frailty and the Kidney Transplant Wait List: Protocol for a Multicenter Prospective Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Understanding how frailty affects patients listed for transplantation has been identified as a priority research need. Frailty may be associated with a high risk of death or wait-list withdrawal, but this has not been evaluated in a large multicenter cohort of Canadian wait-listed patients.
OBJECTIVE: The primary objective is to evaluate whether frailty is associated with death or permanent withdrawal from the transplant wait list. …
Authors
Tennankore KK; Gunaratnam L; Suri RS; Yohanna S; Walsh M; Tangri N; Prasad B; Gogan N; Rockwood K; Doucette S
Journal
Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, Vol. 7, ,
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
January 2020
DOI
10.1177/2054358120957430
ISSN
2054-3581