UMMS Affiliation
Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Transplantation; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences; Department of Surgery, Center for Outcomes Research; Department of Radiology; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical and Population Health Research Program
Publication Date
2018-10-05
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Digestive System Diseases | Hepatology | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms | Surgery | Surgical Procedures, Operative
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: A growing body of evidence shows that frailty and functional performance predict liver transplant outcomes. The Organ Procurement and Transplant Network uses the Karnofsky Performance Status scale to adjust for transplant center case mix in assessing quality measures. This study explores the strength of the relationship between Karnofsky Performance Status scores and objective measures of frailty.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This observational study includes 136 adult, first-time liver transplant recipients at UMass Memorial (2006-2015) who had 2 abdominal computed tomography scans available (at < /= 90 days pretransplant and > /= 7 days before that). We analyzed the relationship between Karnofsky Performance Status and muscle wasting using absolute and change in psoas muscle size and quality pretransplant.
RESULTS: The mean age was 55 years, mean Model for End-Stage Liver Disease was 22, and 34% of patients were women. In the study group, 50% of patients had sarcopenia pretransplant and 71.3% demonstrated declined lean psoas area at an average rate of 11% per month. Patients who experienced muscle wasting at a rate of > /= 1% per month had 2.83 times the risk (95% confidence interval, 1.18-6.80) of being severely impaired/disabled pretransplant. The risk increased by 2.32-fold (95% confidence interval, 1.44-3.75) for every standard deviation decrease in pretransplant lean psoas area.
CONCLUSIONS: Provider-assessed physical health status moderately correlates with objective measures of frailty.
Keywords
Biostatistics, Frailty, Hepatology, Karnofsky Performance Status, United Network for Organ Sharing
Rights and Permissions
Copyright © Başkent University 2018
DOI of Published Version
10.6002/ect.2018.0018
Source
Exp Clin Transplant. 2018 Oct 5. doi: 10.6002/ect.2018.0018. [Epub ahead of print] Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation
Related Resources
PubMed ID
30295589
Repository Citation
Dolgin, Natasha H.; Smith, Andrew J.; Harrington, Samantha G.; Movahedi, Babak; Martins, Paulo N.A.; and Bozorgzadeh, Adel, "Association Between Sarcopenia and Functional Status in Liver Transplant Patients" (2018). Open Access Articles. 3656.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/3656
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