Abstract
Introduction: The current allocation system for liver transplantation is based upon the Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, which predicts waitlist mortality based upon severity of underlying liver disease. Current efforts in the transplant community seek to identify patients with adequate physiologic reserve to withstand liver transplantation and enjoy acceptable post-transplant outcomes, factors that are not well predicted by MELD. In gerontology, the concept of frailty has been espoused as a measure to predict adverse health outcomes.
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