Caloric excess and sedentary lifestyle have led to a global epidemic of obesity and
metabolic syndrome. The hepatic consequence of metabolic syndrome and obesity …

Mounting evidence has firmly established that low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)
are associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and mortality …

This is the first American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) practice
guidance on the management of malnutrition, frailty, and sarcopenia in patients with …

The average age of liver transplant donors and recipients has increased over the years.
Independent of the cause of liver disease, older candidates have more comorbidities, higher …

The use of perioperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) to evaluate the risk of
adverse perioperative events and inform the perioperative management of patients …

We aimed to determine whether frailty, a validated geriatric construct of increased
vulnerability to physiologic stressors, predicts mortality in liver transplant candidates …

Background. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is used as a preoperative risk-
stratification tool for patients undergoing non-cardiopulmonary intra-abdominal surgery …

Background & Aims Patients with cirrhosis have reduced exercise tolerance, measured
objectively as decreased peak exercise oxygen uptake (peak VO 2). Reduced peak VO 2 is …

Objective: This study aimed to define the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and
age in the context of postsurgery mortality and morbidity in older people. Background …

OBJECTIVES: Frailty, a critical determinant of health outcomes, is most commonly assessed
in patients with cirrhosis by general clinician assessment that is limited by its subjectivity. We …