Higher scores in the Clinical Frailty Scale are associated with covert and overt hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis

Frailty increases the vulnerability to internal and external stressors and may therefore be an indicator of a higher frequency of cirrhosis complications. We aimed to investigate the association of the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) with covert (CHE) and overt HE (OHE) development in patients with cirrhosis.

Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - December 16, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Eva Maria Schleicher, Leonard Kaps, J örn M. Schattenberg, Peter Robert Galle, Marcus-Alexander Wörns, Simon Johannes Gairing, Christian Labenz Tags: Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract Source Type: research