Prevalence of cognitive impairment in liver transplant recipients.

Authors

Kacey Berry
Jessica M Ruck
Fawzy Barry
Amy M Shui
Aly Cortella
Dorothea Kent
Srilakshmi Seetharaman
Randi J Wong, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Lawren VandeVrede
Jennifer C Lai

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2024

Abstract

Liver transplant (LT) recipients have a high burden of cognitive impairment risk factors identified in other populations, yet little work has explored cognition in the United States LT population. We characterized prevalence of cognitive impairment (CI) in LT recipients pre-LT and ≥3 months post-LT. Adult LT recipients with cirrhosis but without active pre-LT hepatic encephalopathy (HE) were screened for CI using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for CI (MoCA

Volume

38

Issue

1

First Page

15229

Last Page

15229

ISSN

1399-0012

Published In/Presented At

Berry, K., Ruck, J. M., Barry, F., Shui, A. M., Cortella, A., Kent, D., Seetharaman, S., Wong, R., VandeVrede, L., & Lai, J. C. (2024). Prevalence of cognitive impairment in liver transplant recipients. Clinical transplantation, 38(1), e15229. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.15229

Disciplines

Medical Education | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

38113284

Department(s)

USF-LVHN SELECT Program, USF-LVHN SELECT Program Students

Document Type

Article