Use of Skeletal Muscle Index as a Predictor of Wait‐List Mortality in Patients With End‐Stage Liver Disease
Matthew R. Kappus, Kara Wegermann, Erol Bozdogan, Yuval A. Patel, Gemini Janas, Erin Shropshire, Alice Parish, Donna Niedzwiecki, Andrew J. Muir, Mustafa Bashir – 20 May 2020 – The aim of this study is to validate a proposed definition of sarcopenia in predicting wait‐list mortality. We retrospectively evaluated 355 adults (age ≥18 years) with cirrhosis listed for first‐time LT from January 1, 2010, to April 1, 2018 from our center. Demographic, laboratory, and outcome data were collected in conjunction with computed tomography scans performed within 3 months of listing.