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Megan L. Salter
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 24
Citations - 2088
Megan L. Salter is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Transplantation. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 24 publications receiving 1700 citations. Previous affiliations of Megan L. Salter include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & University of Baltimore.
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Frailty as a novel predictor of mortality and hospitalization in individuals of all ages undergoing hemodialysis.
Mara McAdams-DeMarco,Andrew Law,Andrew Law,Megan L. Salter,Megan L. Salter,Brian J. Boyarsky,Luis F. Gimenez,Bernard G. Jaar,Jeremy D. Walston,Dorry L. Segev,Dorry L. Segev +10 more
TL;DR: To quantify the prevalence of frailty in adults of all ages undergoing chronic hemodialysis, its relationship to comorbidity and disability, and its association with adverse outcomes of mortality and hospitalization.
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Frailty and Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplantation
Mara McAdams-DeMarco,Andrew Law,Megan L. Salter,Eric K.H. Chow,Morgan E. Grams,Jeremy D. Walston,Dorry L. Segev,Dorry L. Segev +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a measure of physiologic reserve, called frailty, was proposed as a predictor of early hospital readmission after kidney transplantation (EHR) in kidney transplant patients.
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Frailty and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Mara McAdams-DeMarco,Mara McAdams-DeMarco,Andrew Law,Elizabeth A. King,Elizabeth A. King,Babak J. Orandi,Babak J. Orandi,Megan L. Salter,Megan L. Salter,Natasha Gupta,Eric K.H. Chow,Nada Alachkar,Niraj M. Desai,Ravi Varadhan,Jeremy D. Walston,Dorry L. Segev,Dorry L. Segev +16 more
TL;DR: Regardless of age, frailty is a strong, independent risk factor for post‐KT mortality, even after carefully adjusting for many confounders using a novel, efficient statistical approach.
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Frailty and falls among adult patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis: a prospective cohort study
Mara McAdams-DeMarco,Mara McAdams-DeMarco,Sunitha C. Suresh,Andrew Law,Andrew Law,Megan L. Salter,Megan L. Salter,Luis F. Gimenez,Luis F. Gimenez,Bernard G. Jaar,Jeremy D. Walston,Dorry L. Segev,Dorry L. Segev +12 more
TL;DR: Frailty, a validated construct in the elderly, was a strong and independent predictor of falls in adults undergoing hemodialysis, regardless of age.
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Frailty and Cognitive Function in Incident Hemodialysis Patients
Mara McAdams-DeMarco,Jingwen Tan,Megan L. Salter,Alden L. Gross,Lucy A. Meoni,Bernard G. Jaar,Wen Hong Linda Kao,Rulan S. Parekh,Dorry L. Segev,Stephen M. Sozio +9 more
TL;DR: In adult incident HD patients, frailty is associated with worse cognitive function, particularly global cognitive function (3MS), particularlyglobal cognitive function in adults of all ages undergoing HD.