Clinicians treating end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and kidney transplant patients face unique challenges in their care because of the high burden of frailty in these patients. Frailty has gained significant attention by medical and surgical specialties for risk stratification in the past decades. This review highlights the importance of measuring frailty in kidney transplant candidates and recipients.

中文翻译：

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衰弱在肾脏病学和移植中的临床应用。

治疗终末期肾病 (ESKD) 和肾移植患者的临床医生在护理中面临着独特的挑战，因为这些患者的虚弱负担很高。在过去的几十年里，虚弱已经引起了医学和外科专业人士对风险分层的极大关注。这篇综述强调了测量肾移植候选者和接受者虚弱程度的重要性。