ReviewClinical kidney journal2023
Frailty assessment as part of transplant listing: yes, no or maybe?
Review in Clinical kidney journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Frailty assessment in kidney transplantation: insights from a European survey.Clinical kidney journal · 2026Article
- No more waiting: 10 tips to turn kidney transplantation green.Clinical kidney journal · 2026Review
- Frailty Screening and Prehabilitation Before Kidney Transplant Listing: A Practical Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Frailty Impact on Kidney Transplantation in Older People.Kidney international reports · 2025Article
- Frailty, Latent Health Profiles, and Antiretroviral Therapy: Predicting Success of Skilled Nursing Facility Care in an HIV Population.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025Article
- Duke activity status index is not predictive of outcomes after kidney transplantation: a retrospective observational study.BMC nephrology · 2025Observational
- Renal transplantation in older adults: retrospective cohort study to examine the impact of the new 2019 kidney offering scheme on older adult transplant recipients.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2025Observational
- Frailty Prevalence and Characterization Among Kidney Transplant Candidates in Spain: A Multicenter Study.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- Supportive care in transplantation: A patient-centered care model to better support kidney transplant candidates and recipients.World journal of transplantation · 2024Review
- How to make a shared decision with older persons for end-stage kidney disease treatment: the added value of geronto-nephrology.Clinical kidney journal · 2024Review
- Should intrinsic capacity be assessed in addition to frailty in older kidney transplantation candidates?Clinical kidney journal · 2024Article
- Intrinsic capacity and frailty in older adults with end-stage kidney disease undergoing pre-kidney transplant comprehensive geriatric assessment.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Article
- Gender and kidney transplantation.Frontiers in nephrology · 2024Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Frailty, characterized by a decreased physiological reserve and an increased vulnerability to stressors, is common among kidney transplant (KT) candidates and recipients. In this review, we present and summarize the key arguments for and against the assessment of frailty as part of KT evaluation. The key arguments for including frailty were: (i) sheer prevalence and far-reaching consequences of frailty on KT, and (ii) the ability to conduct a more holistic and objective evaluation of candidates, removing the inaccuracy associated with 'eye-ball' assessments of transplant fitness. The key argument against were: (i) lack of agreement on the definition of frailty and which tools should be used in renal populations, (ii) a lack of clarity on how, by whom and how often frailty assessments should be performed, and (iii) a poor understanding of how acute stressors affect frailty. However, it is the overwhelming opinion that the time has come for frailty assessments to be incorporated into KT listing. Although ongoing areas of uncertainty exist and further evidence development is needed, the well-established impact of frailty on clinical and experiential outcomes, the invaluable information obtained from frailty assessments, and the potential for intervention outweigh these limitations. Proactive and early identification of frailty allows for individualized and improved risk assessment, communication and optimization of candidates.
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