Frailty predicts surgical complications after kidney transplantation. A propensity score matched study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Surgical complications after kidney transplantation can lead to catastrophic outcomes. Frailty has been associated with important kidney transplantation outcomes; however, there are no studies assessing this measure of physiological reserve as a specific predictor of surgical complications in this population. Such an assessment was, therefore, the objective of the present study. METHODS:A total of 87 individuals aged ≥ 18 years who underwent kidney transplantation between March 2017 and March 2018 were included. At the time of admission for kidney transplantation, demographic, clinical, and kidney transplantation data were collected, and the frailty score was calculated according to Fried et al., which comprises five components: shrinking, weakness, exhaustion, low

SUBMITTER: Dos Santos Mantovani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7043931 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature