The average age of liver transplant donors and recipients has increased over the years.
Independent of the cause of liver disease, older candidates have more comorbidities, higher …

Background There is currently no consensus as to a standardized tool for frailty
measurement in any patient population. In the solid-organ transplantation population …

This is the first American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) practice
guidance on the management of malnutrition, frailty, and sarcopenia in patients with …

Abstract Background and Aims In patients with NAFLD, those with type 2 diabetes mellitus
(DM) have a high risk of progression to HCC. However, the determinants of HCC risk in …

A consensus conference on frailty in kidney, liver, heart, and lung transplantation sponsored
by the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and endorsed by the American Society of …

Conclusions Compared with nonfrail patients, frail LT recipients had a higher risk of post‐LT
death and greater post‐LT health care utilization, although overall post‐LT survival was …

Background & Aims Patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) can be listed for liver
transplantation (LT) because LT is the only curative treatment option. We evaluated whether …

Robust physical activity after liver transplantation is an important determinant of longterm
health, similar in its importance to the value of pretransplant activity for withstanding the …

There is much controversy regarding enhanced recovery for recipients of liver transplants
from deceased and living donors. The objectives of this Review were to summarise current …

METHODS: In this ambispective cohort study, all patients underwent frailty assessment
using the liver frailty index (LFI), 6-minute walk test, and gait speed test performed by a …