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Frailty and Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis: The Basics, the Challenges, and the Future de Puneeta Tandon

Frailty and Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis: The Basics, the Challenges, and the Future

Editat de Puneeta Tandon, Aldo J. Montano-Loza
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2020
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.

Written by experts in the field, Frailty and Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis: The Basics, the Challenges, and the Future is a valuable resource for clinicians and practitioners who treatpatients with cirrhosis.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030262280
ISBN-10: 3030262286
Pagini: 279
Ilustrații: XI, 279 p. 26 illus., 25 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Definition & Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in the Research and Clinical Settings.- The Definition and Diagnosis of Frailty in the Research and Clinical Settings.- Deciphering the Cirrhotic Patient’s Present Status: The Overlap between Physical Frailty, Disability and Sarcopenia.- The Pathogenesis of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia.- Prognostic Implications of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia Pre and Post Transplantation.- Nutritional Therapy in the Management of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia.- Exercise Training in Patients with Cirrhosis.- Sex, Age and Ethnicity Dependent Variation in Body Composition: Can There Be a Single Cut-off?.- Muscle Mass versus Muscle Strength and Performance: Is Muscle Mass Measurement Alone Enough?.- The Role of Changes in Subcutaneous and Visceral Adiposity, Sarcopenic Obesity and Myosteatosis/Muscle Quality in Cirrhosis:How to Diagnose It and Its Contribution to Prognosis.- Evidence for the Assessment of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia in Hospitalized Patientsand the Role of Assessing Changes Over Time.- Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Selection of Candidates for Liver Transplantation.- Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia in End Stage Liver Disease: Do They Improve after Liver Transplantation?.- Measures of Sarcopenia: The Utility of Ultrasound, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, and Single-Slice Cross-Sectional Imaging.- Upcoming Pharmacological and Interventional Therapies for the Treatment of Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia.- Should Frailty Include Multidimensional and Dynamic Factors?.- Hepatic Encephalopathy, Sarcopenia and Frailty.- A Research Wish List to Understand, Diagnose and Manage Frailty and Sarcopenia.

Notă biografică

Puneeta Tandon, MD
University of Alberta
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Unit
Edmonton, Alberta 
Canada

Aldo J. Montano-Loza, MD
University of Alberta
Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Unit
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

Textul de pe ultima copertă

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.

Written by experts in the field, Frailty and Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis: The Basics, the Challenges, and the Future is a valuable resource for clinicians and practitioners who treat patients with cirrhosis.

Caracteristici

One of the first dedicated texts on this emerging area of study in cirrhosis Features explanatory figures, algorithms, and summary tables for each chapter Written by experts in the field