Eva Román, Naujot Kaür, Elisabet Sánchez, Maria Poca, Josep Padrós, Maria Josep Nadal, Berta Cuyàs, Edilmar Alvarado, Silvia Vidal, Maria Àngels Ortiz, Elvira Hernández, Rosalía Santesmases, Eulàlia Urgell, Elena Juanes, Andreu Ferrero-Gregori, Àngels Escorsell, Carlos Guarner, Germán Soriano
BACKGROUND: Frailty is a predictive factor of hospitalization, falls, and mortality in patients with cirrhosis, regardless of the degree of liver failure. The aim was to analyze whether a multifactorial intervention consisting of home-based exercise, branched-chain amino acids, and a multistrain probiotic can improve frailty in these patients. METHODS: Outpatients with cirrhosis were classified according to the Liver Frailty Index (LFI). Prefrail and frail patients were randomized into 2 groups...
May 1, 2024: Hepatology Communications