Does muscle mass & wasting imply a poorer outcome after liver transplanatation?
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K740- Hepatic fibrosis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/06/054029
- Lead Sponsor
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with End - stage liver disease presenting for liver transplant
Exclusion Criteria
1. emergency transplant surgery
2.acute liver failure
3. patients with hepatic encephalopathy and inability to practice tests
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Correlation of frailty assessed by the liver frailty index on length of intensive care unit stay in liver recipients.Timepoint: Duration of ICU stay
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Correlation of liver frailty index <br/ ><br>a.Length of hospital stay <br/ ><br>b.Need for readmission to intensive care unit <br/ ><br>c.Relook surgery <br/ ><br>d.Need for intubation <br/ ><br>e.Infection <br/ ><br>f.Escalation of antibiotics <br/ ><br>2.Correlation of sarcopenia <br/ ><br>3.Assessment of nutrition using Liver Disease Undernutrition Screening Tool (LDUST) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1. ICU stay duration