Frailty and sarcopenia in cirrhosis : the basics, the challenges, and the future /: the basics, the challenges, and the future. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Puneeta Tandon, Aldo J. Montano-Loza, editors.
• Editors: Tandon, Puneeta; Montano-Loza, Aldo J
• Contents: Definition & Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in the Research and Clinical Settings -- The Definition and Diagnosis of Frailty in the Research and Clinical Settings -- Deciphering the Cirrhotic Patient?s Present Status: The Overlap between Physical Frailty, Disability and Sarcopenia -- The Pathogenesis of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia -- Prognostic Implications of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia Pre and Post Transplantation -- Nutritional Therapy in the Management of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia -- Exercise Training in Patients with Cirrhosis -- Sex, Age and Ethnicity Dependent Variation in Body Composition: Can There Be a Single Cut-off? -- Muscle Mass versus Muscle Strength and Performance: Is Muscle Mass Measurement Alone Enough? -- The Role of Changes in Subcutaneous and Visceral Adiposity, Sarcopenic Obesity and Myosteatosis/Muscle Quality in Cirrhosis:How to Diagnose It and Its Contribution to Prognosis -- Evidence for the Assessment of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia in Hospitalized Patients and the Role of Assessing Changes Over Time -- Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Selection of Candidates for Liver Transplantation -- Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia in End Stage Liver Disease: Do They Improve after Liver Transplantation? -- Measures of Sarcopenia: The Utility of Ultrasound, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, and Single-Slice Cross-Sectional Imaging -- Upcoming Pharmacological and Interventional Therapies for the Treatment of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia -- Should Frailty Include Multidimensional and Dynamic Factors? -- Hepatic Encephalopathy, Sarcopenia and Frailty -- A Research Wish List to Understand, Diagnose and Manage Frailty and Sarcopenia.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages. 26 illustrations, 25 illustrations in color.)
• Subjects: 616.3624; Liver -- Cirrhosis; Musculoskeletal diseases in old age; Aging -- Physiological aspects; Frail elderly; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Transplant Surgery; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030262266
• Related ISBNs: 303026226X; 9783030262259
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 11, 2019).
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