Frailty and Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis, 1st ed. 2020 The Basics, the Challenges, and the Future

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of frailty and sarcopenia in the cirrhotic patient. The text presents a personalized approach to identifying cirrhotic patients at risk of higher morbidity and mortality due to frailty and sarcopenia. It reviews current and novel diagnostic methods, while spotlighting treatment and management strategies for frailty and sarcopenia. The book also focuses on special issues associated with these syndromes, such as the effect of gender, age, and ethnicity on frailty and sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, and frailty and sarcopenia after liver transplantation. Future considerations are outlined in the closing chapters, including emerging pharmacological and interventional therapies for these syndromes.

I The Basics

1 Definition & Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in the Research and Clinical Settings

Aldo J. Montano-Loza, Maryam Ebadi

 

2 The Definition and Diagnosis of Frailty in the Research and Clinical Settings

Hui-Wei Chen, Andres Duarte-Rojo

3 Deciphering the Cirrhotic Patient’s Present Status: The Overlap between Physical Frailty, Disability and Sarcopenia

Elliot B. Tapper 

4 The Pathogenesis of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia

Srinivasan Dasarathy 

5 Prognostic Implications of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia Pre and Post Transplantation

Stefan Buettner, Jan N.M. IJzermans, Jeroen L.A. van Vugt

6 Nutritional Therapy in the Management of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia

Manuela Merli, Barbara Lattanzi, Daria D’Ambrosio, Nicoletta Fabrini, Alice Liguori