Incorporation of frailty estimated by gait speed within MELD-Na and the predictive potential for mortality in cirrhosis

• Main Authors: You Deng (Author), Lin Lin (Author), Xiaofei Fan (Author), Binxin Cui (Author), Lijun Hou (Author), Tianming Zhao (Author), Junjie Hou (Author), Lihong Mao (Author), Xiaoyu Wang (Author), Wei Zhao (Author), Bangmao Wang (Author), Qingxiang Yu (Author), Chao Sun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The 5 m gait speed (5MGS), a simple and reliable performance metric and surrogate indicator of frailty, consistently predicts adverse events in elders. Additionally, MELD-Na (model for end-stage liver disease-sodium) scores fail to capture nutritional and functional decline of cirrhotic...