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Getting a “Grip” on Sarcopenia for the Liver Transplant Candidate: Time to Focus on Muscle Function

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Sarcopenia is common in patients with advanced liver disease. It diminishes quality of life and is implicated in increased wait-list mortality, post-transplant complications, and post-transplant mortality for patients with liver… Click to show full abstract

Sarcopenia is common in patients with advanced liver disease. It diminishes quality of life and is implicated in increased wait-list mortality, post-transplant complications, and post-transplant mortality for patients with liver disease 1-4 . Sinclair et al5 . In the current issue compared three commonly used tools to measure sarcopenia. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: transplant candidate; sarcopenia liver; grip sarcopenia; liver transplant; candidate time; getting grip

Journal Title: Liver Transplantation
Year Published: 2019

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