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- Title
The need for a multi-disciplinary reflection about frailty and cognitive impairment in chronic kidney disease.
- Authors
Farisco, Michele; Zecchino, Irene; Capasso, Giovambattista; Consortium, the CONNECT
- Abstract
Furthermore, the fact that post-transplant outcome is overall worse for frail patients is importantly counterbalanced by the fact that sometimes frailty is improved in transplanted patients. One possibility is referring to frailty and CI to select and prioritize patients within a utilitarian framework, for instance giving priority to less frail and younger patients with life expectancy and potential quality of life that at first glance are better. In fact, data indicate that 'Frailty is more prevalent among older hemodialysis patients, KT candidates, and KT recipients; however, there is a high prevalence of frailty among younger patients as well' [[3]].
- Subjects
CHRONIC kidney failure; FRAILTY; COGNITION disorders; PATIENTS' families; PATIENT autonomy
- Publication
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2023, Vol 38, Issue 5, p1064
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/gfac334