title: Editorial: Advancing Adoption of Frailty to Improve the Care of Patients with Cirrhosis: Time for a Consensus on a Frailty Index.
abstract: Frailty is a key determinant of outcomes in patients with cirrhosis. Two papers in this issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology advance our understanding of the mechanism by which frailty impacts mortality-by increasing the risk of hospitalization for liver-related complications. We now have overwhelming justification to incorporate frailty into clinical practice, but this should be done in a systematic way to foster multi-center collaboration to accelerate research in this field. It is time for consensus on single frailty index to unify decision-making surrounding frailty and equalize outcomes for all cirrhotics across all centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D006304:Health Status; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000628:therapy*